Congresswoman Bice hears HHS Secretary Kennedy emphasize AI and tech to attract biomedical researchers at budget hearing

Oklahoma Congresswoman Stephanie Bice and HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy discuss HHS efforts to attract biotech researchers, with the secretary highlighting that their agency already provided 70% of world research funding on technology and medical research while affirming their aspiration for the United States to remain the global technology hub, mentioning reforms to FDA policies including faster track approval for biotechnologies, reforming Phase Three studies to incorporate AI functions, phasing out animal studies because AI technologies could accomplish safety and efficacy goals, and recruiting top AI developers who left billion-dollar concerns to transform the agency into a central global hub for AI to make technology market entry easier and faster at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education budget hearing for fiscal year 2026.