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Patty Murray: “In the 21st Century Cures Act, I pushed to secure nearly $5 billion in Federal funding for the National Institutes of…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
In the 21st Century Cures Act, I pushed to secure nearly $5 billion in Federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bolster specific initiatives and to allow the agency to dedicate more of its discretionary funding to basic research.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray highlights her efforts to secure NIH funding for research.

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