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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
Drastically cutting NIH, as the House budget would force us to do, would be a classic case of penny wise and pound foolish thinking.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin criticizes proposed NIH budget cuts for being economically unwise.

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