Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius testified about the FY 2011 HHS budget request before the Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday March 10.
In her testimony, Secretary Sebelius noted that a “critical way to grow and transform our economy is through a healthy investment in research that will not only save lives but also create jobs.”
In addition to the budget’s proposed investment in the National Institutes of Health, Secretary Sebelius described the department’s prevention and public health preparedness activities, including HHS’s response to H1N1.
In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chair Tom Harkin lauded the president’s use of a “scalpel” to hold the line on overall non-security spending, while providing “significant increases” for many HHS agencies, including NIH.
A webcast of the hearing is available online.
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