The Trump Administration is targeting the scientific research that generates cures, hope & hundreds of thousands of high-wage jobs. California is fighting back.
When the federal government can't or won't support scientific research, state leaders like @Scott_Wiener are stepping up to keep the lights on in America's labs - and 60,000+ UAW researchers on the job. @uawregion6
"If passed by the legislature and signed by @CAgovernor, the California Science and Health Research Bond Act would place a measure on the state’s November 2026 ballot funding up to $23 billion worth of scientific research at California institutions. It would give people — not political appointees or corporate lobbyists, as too often happens in Washington — the power to prioritize the research that matters most to their lives and their families."
— @ShawnFainUAW via @wapo
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We won’t allow this administration to block public research and scientific progress—RSVP to the Rally for California Science on May 4th to demand our government protect public research in our state. https://t.co/jGDN2wtyYk
“As of late March...the National Cancer Institute had earmarked only about $72 million for new research grants, less than one third of the nearly $250 million it had agreed to spend by that point in a typical fiscal year during the Biden administration...” https://t.co/Z9lXom6vKW