02/03/2015
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"We have to invest in all areas of basic research."
"Led by Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, the Senate HELP Committee recently took steps to help address that problem."
"I would go even further, that it is a fundamental role, that all of the other stuff does not happen without the government investment in basic curiosity research."
"as much as half of the economic growth in the United States over the last 50 years is attributable to advances in science and technology."