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From the Coalition to Protect Research (CPR), Take Action to Protect Scientific Integrity
This week, the House of Representatives is debating the FY 2006 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill (L-HHS), which funds the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Last year, during consideration of this bill, an amendment offered by Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) passed the House by a voice vote. Neugebauer's amendment would have rescinded funds from two specific peer-reviewed grants that were funded by the NIH. While the amendment language was taken out of the final funding bill, it is our understanding that efforts are again underway in the House to undermine peer review and disparage research projects that have been through the NIH's strict peer review system.
In the past two years, there have been attacks on peer-reviewed research projects, including projects investigating sexual behavior, demography, and basic behavioral research on identity, motivation, and personality. We urge you to take a moment to call your member of Congress to express your support for NIH and its peer review process.
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- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)