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Diana DeGette: “To make the investments that we talk about in that bill effective, we need to provide leaders at the NIH the ability to…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2016
To make the investments that we talk about in that bill effective, we need to provide leaders at the NIH the ability to make decisions.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette stresses the need for NIH leaders to have decision-making freedom for effective investments.

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