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On the recordApril 17, 2012
We are not spending, to my mind, and I am an appropriator, we are not spending the percentage of our total overall spending on research and development that your companies would.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Landrieu emphasizes the low federal investment in research and development compared to private companies.

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