Donna
02-08-2007, 07:39 PM
Federal Funding For Childhood Cancer Research Is In Jeopardy
On February 15th the Continuing Resolution that was passed at the end of the last session of Congress will expire. That Resolution continued funding for all federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 2006 levels for 2007.
Federal funding for these agencies has been flat for several years. This, coupled with the fact that there has not been any adjustment for inflation, means that the actual federal dollars available for cancer research has been declining. The President’s FY 2007 proposed budget called for a $5 billion dollar cut in funding for programs that fall under the jurisdiction of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill. This is the source of funding for the NIH and NCI. Fortunately, some of the proposed funding was restored and some slightly increased during the appropriations debate during the last session of Congress.
Members of Congress must decide now how much funding to provide in 2007 to support research that is critical to everyone, adult or child, who faces a diagnosis of cancer. Please contact your Members of Congress today and let them know that they must increase funding for the NIH and NCI. This is not the time to slow the progress that is being made to cure childhood cancer.
WTF???? Fighting on who is right and wrong on the whole Iraq thing is stupid. We are there, that is done. It just needs to be decided what to do now. Not sling back and forth who's right.
Get off your asses and take care of issues that are more pressing! The election is a little less that 2 years away, I say that gets put on the backburner till things that need to be taken care of now are. :banghead :vent
On February 15th the Continuing Resolution that was passed at the end of the last session of Congress will expire. That Resolution continued funding for all federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 2006 levels for 2007.
Federal funding for these agencies has been flat for several years. This, coupled with the fact that there has not been any adjustment for inflation, means that the actual federal dollars available for cancer research has been declining. The President’s FY 2007 proposed budget called for a $5 billion dollar cut in funding for programs that fall under the jurisdiction of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill. This is the source of funding for the NIH and NCI. Fortunately, some of the proposed funding was restored and some slightly increased during the appropriations debate during the last session of Congress.
Members of Congress must decide now how much funding to provide in 2007 to support research that is critical to everyone, adult or child, who faces a diagnosis of cancer. Please contact your Members of Congress today and let them know that they must increase funding for the NIH and NCI. This is not the time to slow the progress that is being made to cure childhood cancer.
WTF???? Fighting on who is right and wrong on the whole Iraq thing is stupid. We are there, that is done. It just needs to be decided what to do now. Not sling back and forth who's right.
Get off your asses and take care of issues that are more pressing! The election is a little less that 2 years away, I say that gets put on the backburner till things that need to be taken care of now are. :banghead :vent