John Cornyn: “Congress authorized something called the Human Genome…”

“Thank you all very much. We'll start with five minute rounds of questions and I will begin. So back in 1990, Congress authorized something called the Human Genome Project, which was designed to map the human genome. which gave rise to an incredible amount of information about the human genome, which is what makes us who we are. But, and it has had enormous positive benefits in terms of law enforcement.” (00:12–00:21)

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