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APPEARANCE. AND TONIGHT, ALABAMA REPRESENTATIVE TERRI SEWELL IS BRINGING ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE CALLS DISASTROUS CUTS TO FUNDING AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH. SHE SAYS THE LATEST BUDGET PLANS WOULD SLASH THEIR FUNDING IN HALF. �������� 13 JARVIS ROBERTSON WITH US RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THOSE PROPOSED CUTS. AND JARVIS, SHE SAYS THAT THIS COULD HAVE SOME MAJOR IMPLICATIONS HERE IN OUR AREA. THAT’S RIGHT. SHERRI. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TERRI SEWELL SAYS A LEAKED VERSION OF THE NEARLY FINISHED 2026 REPUBLICAN BUDGET CALLS FOR MAJOR CUTS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH, WHICH COULD ALSO AFFECT FUNDING. NOW, SHE SAYS, UAB WAS THE TOP 1% OF NIH FUNDED INSTITUTIONS LAST YEAR, RECEIVING $407 MILLION, ACCORDING TO SEWELL, NEARLY HALF OF THE NIH BUDGET WOULD BE CUT, REDUCING AGENCIES FROM 27 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS TO JUST ABOUT EIGHT. NOW, SHE SAYS, THAT WOULD HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON THE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH DONE AT UAB. SOME OF THE RESEARCH AT UAB IS FOR CAUSES AND CURES FOR DISEASES LIKE STROKE, CANCER, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES AND OTHER DISEASES AND ORDERS LISTED DISORDERS. THAT IS, LISTEN TO HOW MUCH MONEY SHE SAYS UAB WOULD LOSE IF THE CUTS WERE TO HAPPEN. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CUTS WILL COST UAB APPROXIMATELY $70 MILLION A YEAR. BEHIND ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE JOBS, LIVELIHOODS AND POTENTIAL MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS THAT COULD SAVE LIVES. NOW, IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS WAS NOT A LIVE NEWS CONFERENCE. REPRESENTATIVE SEWELL SAYS THAT SHE RECEIVED A BRIEFING FROM RESEARCHERS AND UAB OFFICIALS AND DECIDED T