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Hon. George W. Gekas: “Mr. Chairman, the biomedical research that is conducted by the National Institutes of Health has for years shown a…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1996
Mr. Chairman, the biomedical research that is conducted by the National Institutes of Health has for years shown a steady progress in the prevention of disease and fight against disease. That goes without saying. The programs that the gentleman from Pennsylvania wants to support also show the necessity for this society to do something about a special problem, namely with special education. The problem that we had in determining how to vote on this bill is, which is an orange, which is an apple, which one will we put in our own fruit basket? For now it seems that we have to stick with the NIH, the orange of this combination, because in the long run it also helps disabled students.
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Hon. George W. Gekas
Pennsylvania
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Discussing the importance of biomedical research funding during a debate on education legislation.

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