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Vernon Ehlers: the substance of the bill is good. I support the general intent of it. I am very concerned about several aspects. One of…

On the recordApril 23, 2008
the substance of the bill is good. I support the general intent of it. I am very concerned about several aspects. One of those is the size of the increase of the allocation, which is going to hurt our Nation's research effort in its totality. Secondly, the issues raised by Dr. Gingrey which involve giving perhaps too much control and power to the venture capitalists. And, third, the issues relating to the other issues that Dr. Gingrey brought forth regarding category I and category II funding, and the interplay between the two. If we can solve these problems I would hope to support the bill.
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Vernon Ehlers
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing concerns about a bill related to research funding and venture capital.

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