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Paul Tonko: Allowing political power or special interests to manipulate or suppress Federal science hurts and hurts all of us.

On the recordJuly 16, 2019
Allowing political power or special interests to manipulate or suppress Federal science hurts and hurts all of us.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko warns against the dangers of political interference in federal science.

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