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On the recordAugust 4, 2009
Senator Harkin and Senator Cochran and I have worked hard on funding for the NIH, and for a decade we were able to raise funding from $12 to $30 billion.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Specter discusses efforts to increase NIH funding for autism research.

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