And how would you direct those research dollars? What is the best way to, if we want to accelerate what we have done so far, both in the amount of money, but obviously because these very species and sources that you are talking about getting data from are also in jeopardy.
On the recordJune 8, 2009
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Cantwell questions the allocation of research funds to address urgent ecological concerns.
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