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John Cornyn: “I heard the assistant leader on the Democratic side, the majority side, yesterday make what I thought was a very…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2013
I heard the assistant leader on the Democratic side, the majority side, yesterday make what I thought was a very impassioned speech on behalf of access to research that is provided by the NIH for children who are suffering from cancer. I ask the Senator from Missouri, would the bill the House has passed and the Senator asked consent the Senate consider address the very same sort of cancer research for children the assistant majority leader was arguing for yesterday?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas
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Oct 3, 2013

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