Tammy Baldwin: “If it's a four year project, three of the years will sit in…”

“Yes. And forward funding says we will allocate the money for those multi year projects this year rather than in the out years principle in the law. If it's a four year project, three of the years will sit in an escrow account and not be spent next year. again further diminishing the amount that will be spent on biomedical research. I mean, I think the thing is in the long run, what it does is allow you to spend more money and have more flexibility for new research projects.” (04:55–05:01)

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