Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) and 13 other Senate Republicans urged the Trump administration on Friday to disburse held-up funds for the National Institutes of Health.

In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, the senators assured him that they shared his “commitment to ensuring NIH funds are used responsibly and not diverted to ideological or unaccountable programs,” but they said withholding the money could damage health research.

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