Letter from Congressman Tim Murphy re: Research Funding for the NIH

April 18, 2017



Dear Mr. Austin,

Thank you for contacting me and expressing your support for medical research funding at the National Institute of Health (NIH). I appreciate hearing from you on this very important topic and for the opportunity to provide you with an update on my work to support research into medical advancements and therapies.  

With health care innovation advancing at lightning speed, it is critical that our policies reflect and support medical breakthroughs and not lag behind life-saving cures. Towards that end, I recently joined my colleagues from both sides of the aisle in urging the House Appropriations Committee to support robust funding for NIH in FY 2018. I have long been a supporter of cutting edge research into specific cancers and diseases, and full funding for NIH is an important step to ensure that these lifesaving programs continue. To see the full details of our request, you can read a copy of our letter for NIH funding, please click here.

To further advance disease-specific research needs, I signed my name onto another request to the House Appropriations Committee to ensure full funding for NIH’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. Brain Disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, autism, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and depression are projected to the be most costly and chronic diseases of the 21st Century, affecting 50 million of our fellow Americans. The BRAIN Initiative seeks to unlock our understanding of the brain, which is a critical component to develop the best medical treatments and cures for neurological disorders. You can read a copy of our letter in support of funding for the BRAIN Initiative by clicking here. 

It is an honor to represent you and all of Pennsylvania's Eighteenth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. To stay in touch with what I’m working on and get the latest updates from Washington and around Southwestern Pennsylvania, you can follow me on Twitter @RepTimMurphy. You can also find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RepTimMurphy or follow me on Medium at www.medium.com/@Tim.Murphy.  I also encourage you to sign up for my weekly E-newsletter by visiting www.murphy.house.gov. Thank you for contacting me and I look forward to hearing from you again soon.  

Sincerely,

Tim Murphy
Member of Congress