2020: Budd Signed A Letter Calling For Ending Taxpayer Funding Of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research At The National Institutes Of Health. According to a press release from Senator Roger Wicker, “The office of Sen. Roger Wicker issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., along with U.S. Representative Andy Harris, M.D., R-Md., led a group of 94 legislators from both chambers of Congress to thank President Donald J. Trump for his efforts to support pro-life policies and request that he end taxpayer funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). […] Ted Budd” [Press Release – Sen. Roger Wicker, 9/4/20]