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Jerry McNerney: “It sure would be interesting to see a sort of return on investment in terms of federal money invested and commercial…”

On the recordJune 20, 2012
It sure would be interesting to see a sort of return on investment in terms of federal money invested and commercial value generated, but I think that is a pretty complicated question.
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Jerry McNerney
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Commenting on the complexity of evaluating federal investment returns.

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