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On the recordApril 23, 2013
What we are going to hear is the question, can it be spent wisely? If the current funding level is around $470 million, that is a huge leap, and we do not have--we cannot waste a single dollar nowadays.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins questions the wise allocation of increased funding for research given current levels.

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