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Jackie Speier: “Would the gentlelady entertain a question? You were here when then-President Bush worked in a bipartisan fashion with…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2013
Would the gentlelady entertain a question? You were here when then-President Bush worked in a bipartisan fashion with the House and the Senate, the Republicans and the Democrats, to double the funding for NIH; and all we have seen since then is just an absolute cliff decline in funding. What happened then that isn't happening now? How can we reinstate that kind of bipartisan sentiment?
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
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Dec 11, 2013

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