January 22, 1999

NIH Finds That Congressional Largesse Is Followed by Congressional Scrutiny

By PAULETTE WALKER CAMPBELL

Lawmakers increased its budget by $2-billion, and they want to know where the money goes

It seemed like such an easy call at the time. Congress, spurred in part by the American public's overwhelming support for medical research, gave a $2-billion budget increase to the National Institutes of Health for fiscal 1999 -- an unprecedented infusion of cash for the agency.

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