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On the recordOctober 4, 2021
Every Democrat and every Republican talks about--willing to keep these great new Ph.D.'s in our physical sciences here. How come we can't pass the equivalent of the STAPLE Act in the U.S. Congress?
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Donald Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

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Beyer questions the lack of progress on the STAPLE Act for retaining STEM graduates.

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