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On the recordJanuary 30, 2014
That's our seed corn. It has been the strength of America . . . the biomedical research community, their creativity, their innovative instincts, and we're putting that at serious risk as we see this kind of downturn in the support for research.
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Francis Collins
Pennsylvania

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Collins emphasizes the importance of biomedical research for America's future.

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