Funding Would Support Massachusetts Universities and Research Institutions, Create Thousands of Jobs

 WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a longstanding supporter of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee with oversight responsibility for NIH, is organizing an effort to seek increased funding to sustain and build on the vital work of the NIH. Markey is leading the effort to circulate a letter to all 435 House Members seeking signatures on a request to the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, urging that between $33.4 billion and $35 billion be provided to support the NIH in fiscal year 2011, representing between a 7 and 12 percent increase compared o $31.2 billion in fiscal year 2010.

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