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John Garamendi: “I would also point out that in the continuing resolution, H.R. 1, that passed this House by the Republican Party, the…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
I would also point out that in the continuing resolution, H.R. 1, that passed this House by the Republican Party, the innovation was essentially destroyed. There had been a layoff of over 6,000 researchers at our national laboratories; money for the ARPA-E, which is the advanced energy research program which was decimated, literally stopped, so that the energy issues you talked about would not be funded going forward. And in the National Institutes of Health, cancer research, heart ailment research, those were also cut. So one thing after another, all that new technology, including technology for the health of Americans, was defunded.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Mar 15, 2011

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Garamendi addresses cuts to research funding in the continuing resolution H.R. 1.

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