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Ed Markey: “Why should we tease that out and just make sure that we keep that on the front burner, you know.”

On the recordNovember 5, 2013
Why should we tease that out and just make sure that we keep that on the front burner, you know.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the lack of support for basic research funding.

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