12/01/1997
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But I got to tell you, then-Vice President Biden was terrific.
Paul Ryan, to his credit, he said, you know, we added $45 billion over 10 years for health research.
We knew it was going to take 3 years. And so Henry Waxman was my counterpart...
The U.S. has also reversed a decades-long trend of rising imports and dependence on the Middle East.