Abstract
Some tough questions on Administration policy were posed to National Institutes of Health director Harold E. Varmus when he presented NIH's proposed budget for fiscal 1995 to a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. Members of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies assured Varmus of their support for a healthy budget increase, but pressed him for his views on such difficult issues as ear-marking, indirect cost policies, and personnel cuts. Congress traditionally is generous with NIH, granting it greater funding than the Administration requests. Subcommittee chairman Sen. Tom Harkin (D.-Iowa) stressed at the hearing that he was pleased with President Bill Clinton's proposal to increase NIH's budget 4.7% to $11.5 billion (C&EN, Feb. 21, page 20). However, he added, there are some serious fault lines lying beneath the surface ... that warrant closer inspection and concern. Harkin pointed out that $221 million of the proposed $517 million increase for fiscal 1995 ...
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