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Tom Harkin: We can change our minds. It's occurred to me that, yes, we initially put that out there to be 2 years, but maybe we…

On the recordMay 20, 2009
We can change our minds. It's occurred to me that, yes, we initially put that out there to be 2 years, but maybe we might want to think about making an exception for NIH.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin discusses the possibility of extending funding beyond the initial 2-year plan.

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