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Tom Harkin: “I could not ask for a better partner and a better chairman to work with on this subcommittee. There are countless…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2005
I could not ask for a better partner and a better chairman to work with on this subcommittee. There are countless numbers of people in this country today--I think mostly of the kids-- who are maybe coming down with Parkinson's or diabetes, who have illnesses facing them that a few years ago were hopeless. But now they have hope. Now they can see certain lights at the end of the tunnel, that they will be cured, that they will be well. This is due in no small part to the great leadership of Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who has doggedly through the years fought to make sure we put the money into medical research, into finding the causes, preventions, and cures of these illnesses. It was through his great leadership that we were able to double the funding for the NIH.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Praising Senator Arlen Specter for his leadership in funding health and biomedical research programs.

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