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On the recordJanuary 22, 2004
The Congress really does not want to get into this, if we do not have to, to micro-manage what you are doing, but I think that there are really major problems here.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Senator Specter expresses concerns about Congress's involvement in micro-managing NIH activities.

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