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Rand Paul: I am concerned that the government system of supporting research is inefficient and often incentivizes the wrong things…

On the recordOctober 17, 2017
I am concerned that the government system of supporting research is inefficient and often incentivizes the wrong things, which leads to bad science and wasted taxpayer dollars.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Rand Paul criticizes government inefficiency in research funding.

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