The 229 undersigned members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research write to thank you for your leadership in championing sustained, real growth in medical research funding, and to urge inclusion of the Senate-proposed $34.1 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in a final fiscal year (FY) 2017 spending package by the end of this calendar year. #GPAC2016#NIH#LettersandComments#FederalFunding