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On the recordJanuary 5, 2025
Imagine if he defunded the NIH, the National Institute of Health, like he's talking about for up to eight years, so that we don't have any health research.
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Josh Green
Democratic · Hawaii

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Governor Green warns about the potential consequences of defunding health research under RFK Jr.

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