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On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
the fact that the sponsors of this bill were able to find one of those 1.54 million professors that support this bill I think speaks volumes about the level of support by academics and scientists for this bill.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Pointing out the lack of academic support for the bill.

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