Below is the weekly message by Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, followed by a video of the full message:
Dear Friends,
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), based right here in Bethesda, is essential to our local economy and to the health and safety of people across the country. NIH employs about 18,000 people on its main campus. When you include the Food and Drug Administration and other parts of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—also headquartered in Montgomery County—HHS is the largest employer in the County…