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Eddie Bernice Johnson: “My time is about expired, but I want to ask if--do you think that it's appropriate that some additional research be…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2017
My time is about expired, but I want to ask if--do you think that it's appropriate that some additional research be funded by the government since this is such a broad spectrum sport and not just football but--and we are seeing more and more questions about the injuries to the point where parents are beginning to be a little skeptical of their children going into the profession.
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Eddie Bernice Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Johnson expresses concern over funding for research on sports injuries affecting children.

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