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Arlen Specter: “I would like to see the floor set at $40 billion, so I came to urge you to utilize your efforts to help raise that…”

On the recordJune 23, 2009
I would like to see the floor set at $40 billion, so I came to urge you to utilize your efforts to help raise that money, which is the best way to cure juvenile diabetes.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Senator Specter advocates for increased funding for NIH to combat juvenile diabetes.

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