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 Funds’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 begin, it places in danger analysis that might result in advances in therapies for ailments comparable to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and most cancers. This underneath an administration that has already slashed funding and assist 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 may additionally do injury to packages particularly crucial for elders and different weak communities by threatening support for catastrophe victims, Medi-Cal and Cal-Recent funding, housing and neighborhood growth block grants, even L.A. Metro transit assist.
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 funds acts that block the rule’s implementation. State and native officers can signal letters in opposition. I inform colleagues and associates 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 Individuals 60 and up targeted on preserving the local weather and democracy.
