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On the recordSeptember 10, 1997
I might say to the Senator I think his amendment needs to be clarified because that was not clear to me. The second point I would like to raise, in section (e) where you provide for funds for children's health research, if in fact attorney's fees are not to be paid out of the $368.5 billion and in fact are to be paid separately, from what source is the Senator drawing these funds that would go to the National Institutes of Health?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning funding sources for children's health research during Senate debate.

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