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Elizabeth Warren: “It is irresponsible and short-sighted, not prudent, to let financing for basic research dwindle.”

On the recordApril 27, 2015
It is irresponsible and short-sighted, not prudent, to let financing for basic research dwindle.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes the decline in funding for basic research.

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