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A Trump administration budget proposal calls for an $18.1-billion cut to the National Institutes of Health, aka NIH.

U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, D-New Jersey, and Coriell Institute CEO Dr. Jean-Pierre Issa have criticized the proposed funding reduction.

Norcross argued that private industry can't replace the role of federally funded research, which focuses on diseases rather than profits.

A South Jersey congressman has decried as "insane" a Trump administration proposal to slash spending for the National Institutes of Health aka NIH.

"You might have heard there’s been some chaos going on in Washington, (D.C.) and I can confirm that," said U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, D-New Jersey, at an Oct. 9 appearance in Camden.

"Science should always be challenged to make sure th

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