Two of Trump's favorite targets — the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — will cut funds in almost half under Trump's proposed budget.
The budget blueprint released on Friday progressed with hard numbers and biting words, attacking Trump's country's universities and scientific research companies. Calling NIH, one of the world's leading biomedical research institutes, “too big to focus,” it proposes cutting funds from around $48 billion to $27 billion, in contrast to its heyday in the 1990s.
“NIH has broken American trust with promoting wasted spending, misleading information, dangerous research and dangerous ideologies that undermine public health,” the budget document declares.
Effectively denounced the Funding Institute that led to the coronavirus pandemic, NIH said it “spurred a fundamental gender ideology to the disadvantages of American youth.”
CDC's funding, which has expanded its mission significantly over the past decades, will fall from around $9 billion to $4 billion under the proposed budget, eliminating an entire department of the agency, including programs dedicated to chronic disease prevention. Prevent injuries, including those with guns. Environmental health; and global health and public health preparation.
The budget says these programs are either overlapping, focusing on diversity equity and inclusion, or “simply unnecessary.”
Currently, chronic illnesses and injuries are the leading causes of death in the United States, but the CDC has narrowed its scope and will return to its original mission to protect Americans from infectious diseases.
The budget summary also calls for the elimination of low-income housing energy assistance programs as Trump plans to increase domestic oil and gas production and lower energy prices.
The Government's Office of Accountability has raised serious integrity concerns related to program fraud and abuse, but 6.2 million Americans from Texas to Maine are currently offsetting the high utility bill. Last month, the administration fired everyone who works in the offices that manage the program.
Additionally, the budget proposes cutting more than $1 billion from the Department of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services.
Kennedy, a recovering heroin addict, said he is particularly concerned about the opioid epidemic, but the budget rail for public health strategies known as “harm reduction,” is supported by the Biden administration and involves reducing the risk of death and overdose by ensuring that people who use illegal substances can do it safely and safely.
They specifically criticize “safe smoking kits” and “syringes.”
Jan Hoffman and Brad Plummer Reports of contributions.
