US EditionSen. Susan Collins blasts Trump for cuts to scientific research
- On May 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C., Senator Susan Collins, who leads the Senate panel responsible for funding decisions, sharply criticized the Trump administration for reducing financial support and cutting staff involved in biomedical research.
- These criticisms arise from Trump’s policies that include imposing a one-dollar spending cap on NIH researchers’ purchasing cards, eliminating more than 800 grants, and cutting billions of dollars from biomedical research funding.
- Collins emphasized that such funding caps, layoffs of about 10,000 HHS employees, and policy uncertainties threaten America’s global leadership in biomedical research and risk losing top scientists.
- She expressed concern that the government’s sudden elimination of grants and significant reductions in federal funding, without sufficient explanation, threaten the country’s position as a leader in biomedical research.
- The hearing and testimony signal urgent calls to reverse cuts, as failure could delay treatments, shutter research, and allow rivals like China to surpass the U.S. In innovation.
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Sen. Collins criticizes Trump administration for deep cuts to science funding
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Three scientists speak about what it’s like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration
The Trump administration’s cuts to funding for American universities and research have left many scientists reeling and very worried. At the National Institutes of Health, which has an annual budget of US$47 billion to support medical research both in the U.S. and around the world, nearly 800 grants have been terminated. The administration is considering cutting the overall budget of the NIH by 40%. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly pod…
Durbin In Appropriations Committee: Want To ‘Make America Great Again?’ Stick With The NIH
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today participated in a Committee hearing entitled “Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation.” During the hearing, Durbin emphasized the disastrous consequences of the Trump Administration’s desire to slash federal funding to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), effectively grinding medical research in the U.S. to a …
Sen. Susan Collins Blasts Trump for Cuts to Scientific Research - Inside Climate News
Meanwhile, a new study from American University shows budget cuts to public research would significantly hurt the economy in the long run, with large negative effects on GDP, investment and government revenue.By Arcelia MartinSen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) kicked off a Wednesday hearing criticizing the Trump administration for cutting science funding, firing federal scientists and triggering policy uncertainties that she said threaten to undermi…
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