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On the recordApril 1, 2014
In December 2010 U.S. Senators Tom Udall, Tom Harkin, and Jeff Bingaman requested an independent study from the National Academy of Sciences on whether chimpanzees are necessary as invasive research subjects.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin, Udall, and Bingaman sought a study on the necessity of chimpanzees in research.

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