[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 150 (Wednesday, November 28, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 INCREASE FUNDING FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, history has shown that our Nation 
experiences robust economic growth when we invest in America and in 
Americans, in education, in scientific research, in roads and bridges.
  In order to experience this growth, we cannot allow sequestration to 
make dramatic cuts to medical research. If the looming budget cuts are 
allowed to occur, my home State of New York could lose more than $131 
million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct 
lifesaving research.
  Mr. Speaker, western New York is the home to Roswell Park Cancer 
Institute, the Nation's first cancer center, home to promising advances 
in cancer research. It lies along the Buffalo-Niagara Medical campus, 
an economic engine for our community. However, in order to achieve 
medical or economic success, funding must be sustained over the long 
term.
  We should be increasing, not cutting, funding for medical research. 
And I urge this House to reject sequestration for this critical 
investment.

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