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Bill Lee: I am one who wants to increase NIH's budget in all diseases by extra, by the millions and the billions, because NIH is a…

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
I am one who wants to increase NIH's budget in all diseases by extra, by the millions and the billions, because NIH is a lifesaving institute.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Advocating for increased funding for the NIH to support research across all diseases.

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