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Angela Alsobrooks: “We spend .03% of all federal funding researching something…”

Featuring: Angela Alsobrooks, Democratic | U.S. Senate Maryland

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A conversation with Senate freshman women

Published | Video Starts at 09:42

I have a 21 year old daughter who we don't want to pass on some of what has been normal for us. So when I think about the fact that We spend .03% of all federal funding researching something that affects close to 80% of all women [fibroids] by their 50th birthday. And that's how much we spend researching it. So we have an opportunity to look some of those challenges. (09:42–09:55)

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Asserts that only .03% of federal funding is allocated to research on fibroids, affecting 80% of women by age 50.

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