Boston.com: Warren blasts NIH leaders amid funding disruptions

Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded answers from National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders Wednesday, accusing them of not knowing basic information about the agency and saying that the Trump administration sidestepped a basic court order. 

Warren excoriated NIH Acting Director Matthew Memoli and President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the agency, Jay Bhattacharya, in a new letter. She decried the "paralytic state" of the NIH amid Trump's funding cuts. Massachusetts, a national leader in healthcare and scientific research, stands to be particularly affected. 

More than a month ago, Warren and Sen. Ed Markey voiced their concerns to Memoli. But Warren said he failed to provide crucial information and that Bhattacharya failed to take a clear position on the impacts of grant freezes during a Senate confirmation hearing. 

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