a pretty good job of getting that done. johnathan. i want to ask about the decision to cut the national institutes of health budget by 9%. it is a very important part of the government funding medical research. director mulvaney yesterday acknowledged the private sector can t fill that gap. when there are rare diseases we need a robust government presence. the government provided medical innovation. how do you square those things when you re cutting nih by 19%? many conservatives wanted to increase the budget. director mulvaney, somebody asked him during the q. and a. period the same question. he suggested it wouldn t my take from listening to him yesterday was it wouldn t be cut. this is an assumption in washington, johnathan, if you get less money it s a cut. and i think that the reality is that in a lot of these, there s efficiencies, due pligs at this, ways to spend money better.
national institutes of health budget by 19%. it s, as you know, very important part of the government for funding medical research. yep. budget director mulvaney yesterday acknowledged that the private sector can t fill that gap when there are rare diseases we need a robust government presence. the president invited a rare disease patient to his speech to congress so he could talk about medical innovation and new cures. how do you square those things when you are cutting n.i.h. by 19%. and many conservatives wanted to increase the budget. director mulvaney, someone asked him the same question. he suggested it wouldn t my outtake from listening to him yesterday was that it wouldn t be cut. there is an assumption in washington, jonathan, that if you get less money it s a cut. i think the reality is that, in a lot of these there is efficiencies, duplicity, ways to spend money better. i think, if you are wasting a lot of money that s not a true
done. jonathan. decision to cut the national institutes of health budget by 19%. it s, as you know, very important part of the government for funding medical research. yep. budget director mulvaney yesterday acknowledged that the private sector can t fill that gap when there are rare diseases we need a robust government presence. the president invited a rare disease patient to his speech to congress so he could talk about medical innovation and new cures. how do you square those things when you are cutting n.i.h. by 19%. and many conservatives wanted to increase the budget. director mulvaney, someone asked him the same question. he suggested it wouldn t my outtake from listening to him yesterday was that it wouldn t be cut. there is an assumption in washington, jonathan, that if you get less money it s a cut. i think the reality is that, in a lot of these there is efficiencies, duplicity, ways to spend money better. i think, if you are wasting a