Tom Harkin actually said...

This year, fiscal year 2013, NIH funding will drop in actual dollars by $1.7 billion below last year's level, almost entirely because of sequestration.

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Harkin points out the impact of sequestration on NIH funding for 2013.

05/14/2013

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