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On the recordJuly 15, 1997
While we are waiting for amendments to come, I will also ask the Senator, I was struck after having become the ranking member of the committee going to one of the national laboratories not in your State--I want to make sure everybody understands the national laboratories are important. They are important because they are in New Mexico, California and other places. Let's talk about the one in California. Much of the research we hear so much about dealing with genomes, trying to determine what our bodies are made of started in national laboratories.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Discussing the importance of national laboratories and their contributions to genomic research.

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