,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #be1
 #bjbe,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,alsobrooks1 ,mr4    
,schumer1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,wyden1   
,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4    
,smith1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1    
,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4          
,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4         
,gallego1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 
,mr4 ,padilla1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,king1 
,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,markey1 and ,mr4 
,reed7 submitted the following          
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,,resolution     
,expressing the sense of the ,senate    
that the operations of the ,national    
,institutes of ,health should not       
experience any interruption1 delay1 or  
funding disruption in violation of the  
law and that the workforce of the       
,national ,institutes of ,health is     
essential to sustaining medical         

progress4  ,that it is the sense of the 
,senate that-- 7#a7 to protect the      
health1 economic vitality1 and national 
security of the people of the ,united   
,states1 the operations of the ,national
 ,institutes of ,health1 including      
funding research on childhood cancers1  
,alzheimer's disease1 diabetes1 heart   
disease1 infectious disease1 amyotrophic
 lateral sclerosis1 and other diseases  
and conditions1 should not be subject to
 any interruption1 delay1 or funding    
disruption in violation of the law2 and 
7#b7 the workforce of the ,national     
,institutes of ,health1 comprised of    
scientists1 researchers1 and medical    
professionals1 is essential to          
sustaining medical progress1 and any    
interference with its work undermines   
efforts to develop life-saving          
treatments1 weakens the biomedical      
research enterprise1 and threatens the  
,nation's ability to respond to public  
health challenges4