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Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined an effort led by Washington State\u2019s U.S. Senator Patty Murray in expressing serious alarm over the Trump Administration\u2019s threats to cut the National Institutes of Health\u2019s (NIH) federal funding to research universities\u202fand institutions across America and in Oregon<\/a>, including groundbreaking medical and health research being done at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), University of Oregon (UO), Oregon State University (OSU), Portland State University (PSU), and many others in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, NIH plays a critical role in sustaining the research infrastructure necessary for scientific breakthroughs, infectious disease prevention, and medical technology innovation. The cuts would set us back generations in finding lifesaving cures and treatments to illnesses such as Alzheimer\u2019s, cancer<\/a>, and Parkinson\u2019s, and stopping medical trials would cost lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the Trump Administration\u2019s NIH funding cuts could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars and threaten the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers. Nationally, NIH research supported more than 412,000 jobs and fueled nearly $93 billion in new economic activity in Fiscal Year 2023, while costing less than 1 percent of the federal budget. In Oregon,<\/a> NIH invested $417 million, which directly supported more than 5,000 jobs and nearly a billion dollars in economic activity, and indirectly supported over 17,000 jobs in Oregon\u2019s broader bioscience economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire Democratic caucus sent the carta<\/a> to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. urgently detailing how these steps the Trump Administration is taking would have a catastrophic impact on research institutions and our economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Trump Administration has left researchers, universities, and health systems with great uncertainty about whether they can continue to support entire research programs and patient clinical trials across the country. Institutions and grantees nationwide are dealing with an unprecedented external communications \u201cpause\u201d enacted by new leadership at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the lack of transparency regarding the Administration\u2019s illegal funding freeze, and the uncertainty of how new Executive Orders would be applied to their critical work. These actions resulted in NIH freezing grant reviews and cancelling advisory meetings, delaying critical funding that scientists need to continue advancing new cures and treatments. These disruptions do not just slow research\u2014they cost lives,\u201d escribieron los senadores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the NIH Anunciado<\/a> it would set the maximum reimbursement rate for indirect costs to 15 percent\u2014creating a serious funding shortfall for research institutions of all types across the country. This move won\u2019t produce cost savings\u2014it will just shift costs to states that can\u2019t afford to pay the difference. Importantly, this action by the Trump administration is illegal\u2014Congress\u2019 bipartisan Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill prohibits modifications to NIH\u2019s indirect costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis change to NIH\u2019s indirect cost rate represents an indiscriminate funding cut that will be nothing short of catastrophic for the lifesaving research that patients and families are counting on. The Administration\u2019s new policy means that research will come to a halt, sick kids may not get the treatment they need, and clinical trials may shut down abruptly,\u201d continuaron los senadores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, a federal judge in Boston bloqueado temporalmente<\/a> the NIH rate cut and set a hearing for February 21calle<\/sup>, but the Senators are pressing the administration to abandon the proposed cuts full stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOur standing as a world leader in funding and producing new medical and scientific innovations has been put at risk by these recent actions from the Trump Administration. We urge you to stop playing political games with the lifesaving work of the NIH and to allow NIH research to continue uninterrupted,\u201d concluyeron los senadores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Merkley and Wyden signed the letter led by Murray alongside the entire Senate Democratic caucus: Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-NM), Ed Markey (D-MA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La carta esta disponible\u00a0AQU\u00cd<\/strong><\/a> and the full text is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Secretary Kennedy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We write to express our serious concern with the Trump Administration\u2019s recent decisions that threaten to undermine the nation\u2019s biomedical research infrastructure and set us back generations. The steps the Trump Administration has taken will create a serious funding shortfall for research institutions nationwide, threaten to undermine progress on lifesaving scientific advancements, could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars, and threaten the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, NIH plays a critical role in sustaining the research infrastructure necessary for scientific breakthroughs in cancer treatment, infectious disease prevention, and medical technology innovation, among many others. President Trump has wreaked havoc on the nation\u2019s biomedical research system in recent weeks. In his first several days in office, President Trump imposed a hiring freeze, communications freeze, ban on travel, and cancellation of grant review and advisory panels that are necessary to advance research. While some of these efforts have been reversed, they continue to cause confusion and miscommunication among researchers and recipients of NIH funds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just last week, NIH announced an illegal plan to cap indirect cost rates that research institutions rely on. In capping indirect cost rates at 15 percent for NIH-funded grants, this policy would cut funding essential for conducting research, such as operating and maintaining laboratories, equipment, and research facilities. This change to NIH\u2019s indirect cost rate represents an indiscriminate funding cut that will be nothing short of catastrophic for the lifesaving research that patients and families are counting on. The Administration\u2019s new policy means that research will come to a halt, sick kids may not get the treatment they need, and clinical trials may shut down abruptly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These confusing and harmful policy changes threaten patient safety. The strength of the American research enterprise \u2013 recognized as the best in the world \u2013 is built on Congress\u2019 bipartisan commitment to supporting essential research infrastructure. This funding, which Congress has long appropriated on a bipartisan basis, fuels groundbreaking medical discoveries and cements the United States\u2019 position as the global leader in biomedical research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the stifling impact on discovering new cures and ripping away treatment from those who need it, changes to NIH policy and communications threaten jobs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with everyone from custodians, to research trainees, to scientists facing potential layoffs. NIH research supported more than 412,000 jobs and fueled nearly $93 billion in new economic activity in Fiscal Year 2023. Every dollar the NIH invests in research generates almost $2.50 in economic activity. These reckless policy changes not only threaten biomedical innovation and research, but also the livelihoods of thousands of workers in every state across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump Administration has left researchers, universities, and health systems with great uncertainty about whether they can continue to support entire research programs and patient clinical trials across the country. Institutions and grantees nationwide are dealing with an unprecedented external communications \u201cpause\u201d enacted by new leadership at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the lack of transparency regarding the Administration\u2019s illegal funding freeze, and the uncertainty of how new Executive Orders would be applied to their critical work. These actions resulted in NIH freezing grant reviews and cancelling advisory meetings, delaying critical funding that scientists need to continue advancing new cures and treatments. These disruptions do not just slow research \u2013 they cost lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NIH plays a critical role in our nation\u2019s efforts to fund scientific advancements that improve health and save lives. Our standing as a world leader in funding and producing new medical and scientific innovations has been put at risk by these recent actions from the Trump Administration. We urge you to stop playing political games with the lifesaving work of the NIH and to allow NIH research to continue uninterrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atentamente,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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