I have also supported funding that will help our country find cures for cancer and Alzheimer's.
Support funding for cancer research and Alzheimer's research.
Occurrences
Evidence
Moolenaar said he supported FY2026 appropriations bills, describing them as funding important programs for Michigan families.
The House passed an appropriations bill and Moolenaar voted Yea on the recorded roll call.
The agreement provides a $100,000,000 increase across NIH for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias research and includes major cancer-related NIH funding, including NCI childhood cancer lines.
The House passed the FY2026 appropriations package, and the committee said it locked in investments in health systems and biomedical research.
Assessments
The promise was to support funding for cancer and Alzheimer's research, not necessarily to create a new standalone program. The cited FY2026 Labor-HHS appropriations agreement included explicit Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias research funding increases and cancer-related NIH/NCI funding, and Moolenaar supported the relevant appropriations process through statements and a recorded House vote while serving in federal office. Because the funding outcome passed during his current House term and his contribution was consistent with the promised support, this counts as delivered in the same term. The effort badge is warranted because the evidence shows active support through voting and public backing of the funding bills.