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On the recordApril 1, 2014
I recall coming to the United States Senate. I was sworn in 1987, working with then the beloved Nancy Kassebaum, you, and Ted Kennedy, when women were not even included in the protocols, many of the research things, at NIH.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski reflects on her early Senate experience and the lack of women's inclusion in NIH research.

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