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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
So while we're busy--You know, we like to pound our chest and come up with all kinds of things in education to encourage people for science, but our young people are going in it, but they need opportunity, both in the public as well as in the private sector.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski emphasizes the need for more opportunities in science for young people.

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