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On the recordSeptember 15, 2010
stopping Federal investment of this research mid-stream would result in wasting the funds that have been put in accounts or already drawn down.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray emphasizes the financial waste of halting federal funding for stem cell research.

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