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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
But I want to say that when we passed the America COMPETES Act, a very bipartisan effort a couple of years ago to increase stem education and more research in our country, we doubled the budget of the National Science Foundation for research.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer highlights bipartisan efforts to boost funding for science and education.

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