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Joe Manchin: You cannot be sure the money is coming until just before you get it and it is for a short period of time.

On the recordJuly 9, 2013
You cannot be sure the money is coming until just before you get it and it is for a short period of time.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Highlighting concerns about the unpredictability of NIH funding for diabetes research.

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