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Elizabeth Warren: “That if we do even a modest inflation adjustment, that we are down somewhere between 20 and 25 percent in terms of…”

On the recordMay 6, 2014
That if we do even a modest inflation adjustment, that we are down somewhere between 20 and 25 percent in terms of spending since 2000.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights the decline in NIH funding relative to inflation since 2000.

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