Between fiscal years 2011 and 2021, the NIH gave $2.2 billion to 200 foreign organizations to fund 1,357 grants and contracts involving experiments on animals. Those funds went to 45 countries.
HENRY RODGERS: A bipartisan bill was introduced that would ban the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from funding experiments involving animals in laboratories outside the U.S.
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the bill, which is titled the ‘Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas Act of 2023, or the CARGO Act. Democratic Nevada Rep. Dina Titus spearheaded the legislation, which was also cosponsored by Texas Republican Rep. Troy Nehls. The bill would specifically prevent abuse and save taxpayer money that could be redirected to research with human-relevant methods within the United States. The American public would no longer fund experiments on animals abroad.
Between fiscal years 2011 and 2021, the NIH gave $2.2 billion to 200 foreign organizations to fund 1,357 grants and contracts involving experiments on animals. Those funds went to 45 countries, which included Brazil, China, Colombia, and Russia. Titus and Nehls want to put an end to that funding…
Titus said: “By onshoring these experiments and instituting more stringent regulations of the NIH’s experimental contractors, we can stop funding cruelty to innocent animals and restore integrity to this critical component of our national scientific research”…
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has endorsed the bill. “We’re thankful for Representatives Titus’ and Nehls’ leadership and compassion. The CARGO Act would prevent misery and death for animals in dreadful conditions at foreign laboratories funded by American taxpayers,” PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo said in a statement. SOURCE…
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