I think the gentlewoman is exactly right. Some of this money would well be used to take all the research, the formidable research that is done under the Defense Department and translate it into civilian uses which could make us all safer.
Chuck Schumer: “I think the gentlewoman is exactly right. Some of this money would well be used to take all the research, the formidable…”
On the recordJuly 23, 1996
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Discussing the potential civilian applications of Defense Department research.
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