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Dick Durbin: Virtually 5 percent real growth at the National Institutes of Health. It is a shot in the arm and an encouragement to…

On the recordMarch 2, 2016
Virtually 5 percent real growth at the National Institutes of Health. It is a shot in the arm and an encouragement to medical researchers that we are serious about our commitment to biomedical research.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin praises funding growth for NIH to support medical research.

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