05/08/2008
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"This is not the time to abandon our commitment to medical research."
"And we funded $500 million in research this past year--Senator Blunt and Murray did--and $500 million more proposed by the budget for this coming year."
"I appreciate their leadership and the increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health."
"We have developed quite a consensus on science and research."