US Fed News
March 2, 2006 Thursday
SEN. HARKIN ANNOUNCES BOOST FOR IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON
The office of Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, issued the following press release:
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced today that Iowa State University received over
$268,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for
pharmacology, physiology, and biological chemistry research. Harkin is the ranking
Democrat on the subcommittee that funds health and education initiatives.
"Funding medical research is the first step towards the technological and scientific
breakthroughs that provide hope for many Americans," Harkin said. "This research will
hopefully better our scientific understanding and improve the quality of life for Iowans
and others across the country."
Harkin has been a long-time supporter of medical research. In 2003, Harkin achieved an
historic five-year doubling of the National Institutes of Health, the federal agency
responsible for medical research.
The President's FY 2007 budget would cut funding for 18 of the 19 institutes at NIH.
Funds for the National Cancer Institute would drop by $40 million, and funds for the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute would drop by $21 million.