SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND RALPH REGULA, Ohio, Chairman C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California KAY GRANGER, Texas JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin DAVE WELDON, Florida MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking CRAIG HIGGINS, SUSAN ROSS FIRTH, MEG THOMPSON, SUE QUANTIUS, PART 4A NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Printed for the use of the Committee on DSITORY JUL 3 0 2003 STANFORD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND RALPH REGULA, Ohio, Chairman C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin DAVE WELDON, Florida MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking CRAIG HIGGINS, SUSAN ROSS FIRTH, MEG THOMPSON, SUE QUANTIUS, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS RALPH REGULA, Ohio C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman JERRY LEWIS, California HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky JIM KOLBE, Arizona JAMES T. WALSH, New York CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma HENRY BONILLA, Texas JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana NITA M. LOWEY, New York JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina CHET EDWARDS, Texas ROBERT E. "BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2003. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WITNESSES DR. ELIAS ZERHOUNI, DIRECTOR OF NIH DR. ANDREW VON ESCHENBACH, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, DIRECTOR OF THE ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTE DR. RAYNARD KINGTON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NIH DR. ALLEN SPIEGEL, DIRECTOR OF THE DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES INSTITUTE DR. PATRICIA GRADY, DIRECTOR OF THE NURSING INSTITUTE DR. RICHARD HODES, DIRECTOR OF THE AGING INSTITUTE DR. RUTH KIRSCHSTEIN, SENIOR ADVISOR TO DR. ZERHOUNI DR. DONALD A.B. LINDBERG, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE DR. DONALD POPPKE, ACTING NIH BUDGET DIRECTOR DR. JOHN RUFFIN, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES DR. PAUL SIEVING, DIRECTOR OF THE EYE INSTITUTE DR. STEPHEN STRAUS, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE DR. LAWRENCE TABAK, DIRECTOR OF THE DENTAL INSTITUTE DR. JUDITH VAITUKAITIS, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES KERRY N. WEEMS, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET, TECHNOLOGY AND FINANCE, HHS Mr. REGULA. Well, we will get started this morning. Members are busy and I know that our witnesses are likewise. Dr. Zerhouni, we are happy to welcome you and your colleagues. We are sorry we had to postpone the hearing yesterday, but the chairman felt that we ought to be at his hearing. A little more important, the supplemental. Probably of some interest to you even. We want to focus on the achievements and breaking news that resulted from the doubling. We finished that now. And I think we are interested in results. What is happening? How is the American public being served by this doubling of the budget of NIH? We will have the hearing next Wednesday on bioterrorism, and so we will try to hold our questions on the bioterrorism segment (1) |