February 22, 2022
D.C. News
  • Bipartisan support is faltering for President Joe Biden’s proposal for a new $6.5 billion biomedical research agency. Republicans are concerned about spending and Democrats are divided on its organization. A core dispute is whether the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health would be housed within the National Institutes of Health, given concerns that the agency doesn’t have the right culture for the initiative and some lawmakers want to see greater scrutiny. (Article here)