congressman john porter who spent his entire career on nih problems and senator connie mack who had ased concern with cancer both came to cs and they brought with them every vice president for research of every pharmaceutical in the country. we had a meeting of 70 people and they said this is a function of jobs. you want really high-value american jobs, you invest in basic research. you want to have the most competitive economy on the planet you invest in basic research. you want to have the best national security, you invest in basic research. those things have carried us or 150 years and it is utter foolishness to walk away from the things that have worked and that means those of us who are conservative have to win the argument with other conservatives about the centro the of government investment. iowa's point out the transgression i always point out the transcontinental railroad was built with a huge part of the senate. it did not happen randomly. even the wealth of nations argues there are times and places for national security reasons when government should be shaping the market

of trying to balance the federal budget and john kasich had the lead in that project congressman john porter who had spent his entire career on nih problems and senator connie mack who had a very family based concern with cancer through his entire family history, both came to see us and brought with them every vice president for research of every pharmaceutical in the country. and we had a meeting of about 70 people, they said, this is a function of jobs. you want really high value american jobs, you invest in basic research, you want to have the most economytive economy on the planet? you invest in basic research. those things have carried us for 150 years and it is a period of utter foolishness to walk away from the things that have worked, and that also means those of us who are conservative have to win the argument with other conservatives about the cen trailty of government investment. i always point out to people the trans conti nerntal railroad was built with a huge government incentive. it didn't happen quickly. there are times and reasons when government should be basically shaping

and congressman john porter that spent his entire career on nih problems and senator connie mack youa very family-based concerned with cancer throughout his entire family history both campuses and they brought with them every vice president for research at every pharmaceutical in the country. and we had a meeting about 70 people and they said look, this is a function of jobs and senator warren said. you want high-value american jobs? invest in basic research. you want a really have the most competitive economy on the planet once you invest in basic research. you want the best national security in the world? you invest in basic research. those things that carried us for 150 years and it is a period of utter foolishness to walk away from the things that work. that also means candidly those of us who are conservatives as i am have to win the argument about the conservatives about the centrality of government investment. i always point out to people at transcontinental -- the transcontinental railroad was built with the senate. it didn't happen randomly. i would argue the heirs viewing a

i was serving on the committee john porter congressman from illinois, he joined up with them. setting up to double this and i thought to myself that that is an extraordinary feat and i went out and met with doctor collins and i said that i can't do that in this world. and give 5% real growth and i will light up the scoreboard. let me tell you what happens if i don't. if i can't make this investment in research, if we continue to fall behind as we have in the last 10 years, when it comes to research i will not be able to recruit young researchers. they are dropping off with the federal commitment to biomedical research and secondly we are finding that many countries around the world are going to seize leadership. that includes the european union, china and others, not that there's anything wrong with scientific advancement coming from other countries. it just from a selfish point of view, biomedical research in this country is ager maddock innovator and a dramatic force economic growth, not to mention sparing human suffering. so i introduced this act and the notion behind it is

the first stages of trying to balance the budget and john kasich had the lead on the project and john porter who spent his career on nih problems and senator connie mack who had a family based concern with cancer through his entire family history both came to see us and they brought with them every vice president for research of every pharmaceutical in the country. and we had a meeting of about 70 people. and they said look, this is a function of jobs, as senator warren said. you want high value american jobs, you invest in basic research. you want a really have the most competitive economy in the planet, you invest in basic research. you want the best security, you invest in basic research. these things have carried us for 150 years and it is a period of utter foolishness to walk away from the things that have walked and that also means candidly, those who are conservative as i am have to win the argument with other conservatives about the centralize of government investment. i point out to people that the transcontinental railroad was built with a huge government incentive. and it didn't h

early experience in the house when i was serving in the appropriations committee, a fellow named john porter congressman from a suburban district in illinois joined up with tom harkin and arlen specter set out to double the budget for the national institutes of health. and they did it. i thought that was an extraordinary feat. i met with dr. collins at nih, which i think is one of the best, and said, i can't promise you i'll double it. what can i do? he said 5% real growth a year for ten years and i'll light up the scoreboard. and let me tell you what happens if i don't. if i can't make this investment in research, if we continue to fall behind as we have in the last ten years when it comes to research at nih, i won't be able to recruit young researchers. they're dropping off. they've lost faith in the federal commitment to biomedical research and secondly he said, we're finding that many countries around the world are going to seize the leadership, the european union, china, others, not that there's anything wrong with scientific advancement coming from other countries. we should be sharing

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association, the porter of state and national parks, and its president horace mcfarland, came on board early. the organization had been formed at mills' urging in april 1912 along the lines of johnmuir's sierra club, made up of a group of denver outdoor enthusiasts. the initial membership of the colorado mountain club consisted of only 25. interestingly enough, among those 25 for two future superintendence of rocky mount to national park -- among those 25 were two future superintendents of rocky mountain national park. of equal importance in the early years and, indeed, throughout the campaign was the head of the denver chamber of commerce which formed a national park committee for the purposes of coalescing support among the denver business community. other groups came on board as well as including the national federation of women's clubs and its colorado chapter, the daughters of the american revolution, the colorado legislature and the colorado delegation in washington, state democratic and republican organizations, and local business and civic groups in boulder, larimer, and grant counties. with some exceptions, they were friendly and supportive from the beginning. so, too,