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Zoe Lofgren: “I think there's more money going to the implementation by VCs than there is by the government into science.”

On the recordMay 9, 2023
I think there's more money going to the implementation by VCs than there is by the government into science.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Lofgren highlights the disparity in funding between private venture capital and government science investments.

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