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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
I just point out that China is eating our lunch, so to speak. This is just the funding from 2012 and 2013. We referenced this earlier. And Congressman Waxman was talking about what they are doing relative to climate change. Look what they are doing in R&D spending in the last 2 years. It is up 15 percent. Germany, Japan, and South Korea are up 5 percent. Where is the United States, Mr. Garamendi?
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

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