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Mark Begich: “You have kind of got two pressures going on--the minimums and then the high risk--and then what is left is----”

On the recordJune 24, 2013
You have kind of got two pressures going on--the minimums and then the high risk--and then what is left is----
Said by
Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the pressures of funding allocations for states based on risk levels.

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