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Tom Harkin: I am so proud of all that we have done--all of us here--often on a bipartisan basis, to transform the National…

On the recordApril 1, 2014
I am so proud of all that we have done--all of us here--often on a bipartisan basis, to transform the National Institutes of Health into truly the jewel and the crown of biomedical research not only in the United States, but globally.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin reflects on the bipartisan efforts to enhance NIH's role in biomedical research.

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