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On the recordMarch 19, 2007
So, can I--is this a correct statement I'm about to make, that--when we finished the doubling, or during that doubling, that first submissions of--first submissions--not renewals, first submissions--the approval rate would have been three times higher than it is right now--15 versus 5?
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Senator Harkin discusses grant approval rates for new investigators.

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