[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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