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On the recordMay 16, 2018
it is also the greatest return on investment of anything that the government spends money on, $8.38 of return in 5 years from every dollar that you all allocate to NIH
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Francis Collins
Pennsylvania

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Collins emphasizes the high return on investment from NIH funding.

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