To the editor: I by no means thought I’d agree with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), however the risk from the White Home Workplace of Administration and Finances’s federal grant proposal is all too actual, particularly for seniors like me (“Trump administration proposal would all but end scientific merit in grant funding, critics say,” July 10).
To start out, it places in danger analysis that might result in advances in therapies for illnesses reminiscent of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and most cancers. This underneath an administration that has already slashed funding and help for scientists, a few of our most skilled even turning away from the U.S. Working example: Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi, himself over 60, who’s departing UC Berkeley for China.
This harmful proposal might additionally do injury to packages particularly crucial for elders and different weak communities by threatening assist for catastrophe victims, Medi-Cal and Cal-Contemporary funding, housing and group improvement block grants, even L.A. Metro transit help.
I’m asking everybody I do know to induce their elected officers to oppose this measure. Congress can disapprove the rule underneath the Congressional Review Act or connect trailer amendments to price range acts that block the rule’s implementation. State and native officers can signal letters in opposition. I inform colleagues and buddies to do it for ourselves, for our youngsters and for our grandchildren.
Ken Kobayashi, Rancho Santa Fe
This author is a member of Third Act SoCal, a nonprofit of People 60 and up centered on preserving the local weather and democracy.
