STAND. COM. REP. 2918

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.C.R. No. 17

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 17 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the United States Congress to increase its funding for the National Institutes of Health.

No testimony was received on this measure.

Your Committee finds that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), located in Bethesda, Maryland, is one of the world's foremost medical research centers, and the federal focal point for medical research in the United States. The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.

Your Committee finds that increasing NIH's funding will help the United States maintain its global leadership in health care.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 17 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair