03/31/2014
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"Regardless of our political point of view, Democrats or Republicans, I know all members agree that NIH is one of the Federal Government's real gems."
"You have correctly quoted the numbers as I understand them from the CBO about what the sequesters would do to NIH, and that loss of 2,300 grants, which would come already 3 months in the fiscal year, ..."
"One of the reasons that we haven't been able to work all these problems out is that the Republicans, who run the Congress, are afraid to increase taxes even on billionaires."
"The environmental case for a shift to green energy is indisputable, and the economic reasons are just as strong."