06/10/2009
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"Basic research benefits the common good. It creates knowledge, improves our understanding of biology, health, and medicine."
"Please make your voices heard. There may be an attempt to cut that program by about 18 percent. That would be devastating."
"I would hope that we could have a discussion about what is now the bipartisan Accelerating Biomedical Research Act."
"I believe the proposals contained in President Trump's budget are alarming, and quite frankly, this puts us on a path towards the privatization of public education."