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Zoe Lofgren
30:26 - 31:11
"There are now multiple credible reports of the administration so-called taxing up to 30% of funds for each of NSF's research directorates to apparently create some kind of slush fund for administration priorities. I want to be clear, this would be in direct contra— uh, contravention of the funding law that Congress passed in January and would be illegal."
“There are now multiple credible reports of the administration so-called taxing up to 30% of funds for each of NSF's research directorates to apparently create some kind of slush fund for administration priorities. I want to be clear, this would be in direct contra— uh, contravention of the funding law that Congress passed in January and would be illegal.”
- Speaker
- Zoe Lofgren
- Timestamp
- 30:26 – 31:11
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 22, 2026
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