NEW: Baldwin Exposes Trump Administration for Stopping $47 Million from Treatment for Cancer Patients
Approved funding has been halted at nine National Cancer Centers across the country; threatening to stop cutting edge treatments for patients WATCH: Baldwin asks parent of cancer patient who received care from Cancer Center what these threats to care means to similar families
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, exposed that the Trump administration has stopped $47 million in funding for critical cancer treatment at nine National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Centers across the country. NCI Cancer Centers are some of the top medical and research institutions that lead the fight against cancer through research, treatment, and public education. At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on biomedical research, Baldwin asked Emily Stenson, whose daughter with stage 4 cancer participated in clinical trials funded by NCI at Seattle Children’s Hospital, what threats to this care mean to similar families.
“The Trump administration is at it again – as families battling cancer are relying on clinical trials or treatment to fight another day, the Trump administration is pulling the rug out from under them and defunding the very cancer centers that patients rely on to get lifesaving care,” said Senator Baldwin. “They think we won’t notice, but I do. Cancer treatment is not something that can just be put on hold or stopped – ask any family who is in this fight. President Trump is squeezing Wisconsin families – now, including cancer patients – every way he can, all so he can fund a tax break for his wealthy allies, and it needs to stop.”
The funding that has been halted at NCI-designated cancer centers across the country includes, cancer centers at Dana Faber, Dartmouth, Ohio State, Duke, University of Virginia, University of Colorado, New York University, St. Jude, and Rutgers University. NCI Cancer Centers are responsible for developing cutting-edge and innovative approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Senator Baldwin uncovered that nearly half of NCI’s Cancer Center Support Grants had renewal dates in the first few months of 2025 have not been awarded or funded.
At the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Mrs. Stenson discussed her daughter Charlie’s pediatric cancer diagnosis and the clinical trials at Seattle Children’s Hospital that Charlie participated in.
During the first 100 days, the Trump Administration has taken unprecedented actions across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that are having devastating impacts on biomedical research, innovation, national security, and America’s competitiveness. Last month, Senator Baldwin revealed that the Trump administration halted $65 million in funding for Alzheimer’s disease research at 14 research institutions across the country.
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