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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Our purpose is not to reduce any level of scientific…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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But there's a number of studies that were cut that came to our attention and that did not deserve to be cut, and we reinstated them. Our purpose is not to reduce any level of scientific research that's important. So that's, that's, that's. I'm so glad you said that, because figuring out what's important is tough, right? Because you may not know at the time you're doing basic research, what will end up being super important later on. (19:12–19:19)

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Asserts that the intention is not to reduce important scientific research.

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