Lamar Alexander actually said...

As Senator Lamar Alexander and I wrote in an op-ed very recently, scientific research is a high-yield investment.

Emphasizes the value of scientific research as an investment.

02/12/2013

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I just don't think they ought to be defined and run out of Washington, DC.

We ought to have a lean bill, and see if we can go back to work this year and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

I look forward to working with Chairman Harkin on that as he--we were both thinking the same thing.

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