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On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
We are constraining the energy, the innovation, the creativity of the most amazing engine for discovery the world has seen, which is America's science.
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Francis Collins
Pennsylvania

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Collins emphasizes the negative impact of funding constraints on American scientific innovation.

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