Subject: Re: 2011/2012 House CDMRP Numbers are "In"
From: "Mitch Laurance" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:58:53 -0400

Thanks to Kevin and David and all who have helped in this budget fight. The cuts are obviously meaningful, but as you said Skip they could have been much more drastic across the board. It only means we have to strengthen our resolve to raise the funding in other ways as we go.
Best to all. Mitch

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From: Skip Lockwood <[email-masked]>
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Sent: Tue, Jun 14, 2011 11:36 am
Subject: 2011/2012 House CDMRP Numbers are "In"

All,

Here is the latest update from Kevin and his team.  They are currently at the House mark-up.  The numbers we have are for the House.  We will have to see what the Senate does.

Kevin reports,

"Barring amendments that may or may not materialize today during the markup, here are the numbers.

DOD Medical research – Pres Budget = $664m, Committee $1.2 (+523.5m over the President's budget, but 25% below adds from last year which totaled almost $700m)

Breast Cancer Research - $150m in 2011, $120m in 2012 mark
Prostate Cancer Research - $80m in 2011, $64m in 2012 mark
Ovarian Cancer Research - $20m in 2011, $16m in 2012 mark

Overall CDMRP funding cut by 20%."

Kevin succinctly summarized today's actions thusly, "the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would provide $64 million in FY2012 for the Prostate Cancer Research Program as part of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program.  This marks a 20% reduction from the $80 million provided in FY2011."

As a reminder we still have to go through the Senate process and the final reconciliation process if there are significant difference between the House and Senate versions.  Kevin will be providing all of you with a more nuanced assessment of the proceedings once the mark-up is complete.

Given the overwhelming focus on cutting spending, especially in the House, it is a testament to Kevin and David's day-to-day perserverance on Cap. Hill as well as their collaborative work with the CDMRP community that these programs were not eliminated completely.  I also want to thank the Members of the Board that have gone out of their way to make sure that Congress understands the full importance of the CDMRP program.  Make no mistake though, these cuts will cost American men their lives as promising new treatments for prostate cancer will take much longer to develop and to migrate from research to the patient.  

--Skip

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