FASEB has been working with member society, the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) to advocate on behalf of competitive agricultural research at the USDA. Jennifer Zeitzer, of FASEB's Office of Public Affairs, and Mary Lee Watts, of ASN, met with the offices of Senators Durbin (IL), Bond (MO), and Dorgan (ND) to recommend a funding level of $300 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) in FY 2010.
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SBIR Reauthorization Moves Forward in House and Senate
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
passed legislation to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The Senate legislation (S.1233), spearheaded by Small Business
Committee Chairwoman Mary L. Landrieu (LA) and Ranking Member Olympia J. Snowe (ME), is matched in the House by four bills:
H.R. 2769,
H.R. 2767,
H.R. 2772 and
H.R. 2747, which are expected to be combined before conference with the Senate version.
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Secretary Sebelius Defends FY 2010 Budget to Appropriations Subcommittee
On June 9th, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
appeared before the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education to discuss and defend the Administration’s FY 2010 budget for the
agency. Sebelius
discussed health care reform plans and touted investments made in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the FY 2010 budget, stating, “The President is committed to a safer, healthier
and more prosperous America.”
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FASEB Scientists Meet With Congress on
Great Ape Protection Act
FASEB scientists met with House leaders and members of the House Energy and Commerce committee on June 18th to discuss the Great Ape
Protection Act (H.R. 1326), a bill
opposed by FASEB which would ban invasive research or blood and tissue collection from chimpanzees and
other great apes. American Physiological Society members Dr. Robert Shade, from the Southwest National Primate Research Center, and Dr.
Kevin Kregel, from the University of Iowa and chair of FASEB’s animal research issues subcommittee, together with Drs. Joann Boughman,
Executive Director of the American Society for Human Genetics, and Jennifer Zeitzer of FASEB’s Office of Public Affairs, raised concerns
about the implications of the legislation for biomedical research.
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FASEB Joins Scientific Community On Visa Delays Statement
FASEB joined with over 30 science and higher education organizations in a
statement
and recommendations addressing the growing problem
of visa delays for scientists and engineers traveling to the United States. The statement described the potential harm visa problems
could cause to the country’s scientific, economic, and security interests and called for “a visa system that supports international
exchange and cooperation.”
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