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Tom Cole: “In 2003, when we reached the peak of the doubling period, we…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Cole on Congress with guest Rep. John Moolenaar

Published | Video Starts at 16:02

Some of those, you know, didn't even exist 15 years ago. And we've come such a long way. Well, In 2003, when we reached the peak of the doubling period, we were funding about one out of every three research requests a dozen years later, because there hadn't been any increase. And obviously you have inflation. We're funding about one out of every six. And we're leaving a lot of great science on the table and sending a message to a whole generation of younger bio researchers. There's probably not going to be money for you. (16:02–16:21)

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Asserts a decrease in research funding approval rates from 2003 to a dozen years later.

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