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John Winston Porter: “I take considerable pride that it was a Republican House and Senate again in 2016 that restarted the cycle of increasing…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
I take considerable pride that it was a Republican House and Senate again in 2016 that restarted the cycle of increasing funding at the NIH.
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John Winston Porter
Illinois

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Porter emphasizes the Republican-led Congress's role in boosting NIH funding in 2016.

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