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Shelley Moore Capito: “80% of the research dollars are only going to a very few…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 17:38

Well, I do think and, and I've heard Dr. Botticeri talk about this. I do think this is an issue that a lot. And I, I wish I had the basic statistics, but it's way up. 80% of the research dollars are only going to a very few states and a lot of it's to the same institutions all the time. And you all know exactly which ones they are. I mean Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Stanford, University of Alabama, Birmingham, and they've been concentrated in these areas. (17:38–17:46)

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Asserts that 80% of research funding is concentrated in a few states and institutions.

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