    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
    [House]
    [Page H865]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                            FIRED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP

      (Mr. TURNER of Texas asked and was given permission to address the
    House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
      Mr. TURNER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to share the story of a
    Federal scientist in his own words who was fired by President Trump and
    Elon Musk:

           I have a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering. I was hired by
         the National Cancer Institute and was performing 4- to 5-
         month rotations to provide my scientific expertise and skill
         sets to numerous offices. I assessed the scientific progress
         of grants that fund cancer research. Please protect these
         agencies.

      This scientist overseeing scientific progress of grants that fund
    cancer research was fired, and the very grants have been frozen.
      The University of Houston in my district has had countless grants
    frozen leading to uncertainty and confusion about the future of the
    research.
      According to the National Cancer Institute, over 40 percent of
    Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Firing
    cancer scientists and freezing cancer research is shortsighted and
    irresponsible.

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