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On the recordJune 23, 2011
Take away the resource money and see what happens. We lose the race. We know we all get sick, right? Why would you ever put forward a policy to reduce research in medical services and the basic understanding of the human gene, of understanding how we can solve medical problems? Why would anybody propose a reduction in the research for medical care? I don't know. But they did. And they succeeded in reducing the budget for medical research. So energy, medical research, automotive, transportation research, they reduce it in the budget and they expect our economy to grow, to be competitive? I don't get it, but that's what they have done.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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