I, too, have heard about the importance of the research infrastructure program and I want to assure the Senator that we have sought to provide sufficient funding to cover existing commitments and states that are currently under review.
Discussing funding for the research infrastructure program.
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Well, I think it is. I mean any time a group of people are denied rights and struggle for their rights, that's a civil rights movement.
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Absolutely. Absolutely. As more and more people think, 'Gee, that guy who sits next to me in church, he's gay, and he seems to be OK.'
Of course, it is exactly the same. It's a right that all Americans have and no reason why gay and lesbian people ought not to have these rights too. These are universal rights.
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