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On the recordApril 8, 2003
These people come to us and say, you are giving NIH all the money. What is happening? I do not like to hear talk of long periods of time on appointing steering committees.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Addressing concerns about NIH funding and delays in research committee appointments.

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