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On the recordOctober 27, 2015
I think it is important to acknowledge that every other country in the world would give their right arm to have these 17 labs as an engine of economic growth and national defense.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Emphasizing the value of national labs for economic growth and defense.

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