No. After the NIH cut the rate for reimbursement for indirect costs, the inquiries that were placed by some of my Republican colleagues of what does this mean for my state were significant and public comments In some states, the research enterprise, the research institution is the biggest economic driver of an entire region of the state. And pullback of that will have not just implications for research, but for the economy of entire regions of this country. It supports a lot of jobs. It sure does. (22:09–22:18)
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