Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases left, takes his seat next to Lawrence Tabak, Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health, at the start of a House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing, about the budget request for the National Institutes of Health, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)