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On the recordMarch 27, 2019
To say it another way, normalizing for inflation and labor cost escalation, this S&T budget has effectively been shrinking for years.
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Jim Langevin
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Langevin discusses the declining budget for science and technology despite rising costs.

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