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Speaker argues for credit to federally funded researchers and the officials who funded their work, noting breakthroughs rely on decades of federal science. He states the mRNA vaccine story “does not start with operation warp speed” and that “the sprint actually began” as dedicated NIH and Moderna staff worked day and night. He traces investments back to Obama: “a 2010 PCAST report on reengineering vaccine production,” “a 2013 DARPA grant to Moderna,” and “a 2015 BARDA investment”; by the end of the Obama administration Moderna had mRNA vaccines and therapeutics under test in animals and humans. “This one liter bottle… would contain over 30,000,000 doses,” enough to vaccinate doctors, first responders, or seniors over 75, and “without those investments, frankly, project warp speed would not have squat.” Speaker 1 notes bipartisan support for biomedical research across administrations, mentions monoclonal antibody work and antiviral molecules, and cautions against proposed budget cuts.