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On the recordNovember 5, 2013
I think that's what has been suggested to me. But let me start with exactly what I'm asking you to consider doing, and that is to authorize the appropriations committees to finish the job that the Congress started in an overwhelming remarkable bipartisan way in 2007 to double the research budgets of our--to double the budgets of our major research institutions in the Federal Government.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Senator Alexander advocates for doubling research budgets established by bipartisan efforts.

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