Kennedy replied: “I do not know about any cuts to ALS research.” When Durbin responded, “I just read them to you,” Kennedy reiterated that he didn’t “know about them until you told…me about them at this moment.”

3 grants involving ALS & dementia work@ Northwestern have been paused. Just last week an ALS researcher @Harvard had his grant cut.” Durbin asked: “How can we possibly give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?

”They were running intramural labs at NIH. If you have your way, they'll all be gone on June 2nd. Science magazine reported 25 of 320 physician researchers at NIH's Internal Clinical Center are leaving, and the number of patients treated in the hospital has been reduced by 30%.

“On April 1, ten laboratory heads at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes received their layoff notices. They were all PhDs and senior investigators. They're not administrators, whatever that might be…”