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While that is ambitious, the project has already succeeded in one thing: In a positively stunning display of bipartisanship, House majority Leader
Here are three tweets from Cantor Communications Director Rory Cooper explaining his support:
Cantor: "Mapping the human brain is exactly the type of research we should be funding, by re-prioritizing the $250 million..." 1/3
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) April 2, 2013
Cantor cont: "...we currently spend on political and social science research into expanded medical research," 2/3
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) April 2, 2013
Cantor cont: "...including the expedited mapping of the human brain. It's great science.” 3/3
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) April 2, 2013
The move makes a lot of sense for Cantor. Here's an excerpt from a February 2013 speech he gave to the American Enterprise Institute called "Making Life Work" where he explained that he thought money spent on social science should instead be spent on hard science.
There is an appropriate and necessary role for the federal government to ensure funding for basic medical research. [...] We can and must do better.
This includes cutting unnecessary red tape in order to speed up the availability of life saving drugs and treatments and re-prioritizing existing federal research spending. Funds currently spent by the government on social science – including on
It's still pretty jarring to see Eric Cantor and