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On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
You know, one of the great things that's happened in Congress, which is sort of rare these days, is the bipartisan consensus that we ought to something like double our research budgets.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster highlights bipartisan support for increasing research funding in Congress.

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