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On the recordSeptember 21, 2009
If we put one tenth of the money into Clean Water that we are putting into the TARP program and the bailing out of banks--there is more money going into bonuses for bank moguls than there is for cleaning up the pollution of this Country--it would be a whole hell of a lot better for America than where it is going now.
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John Boozman
Republican · Arkansas

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Boozman emphasizes the need for more funding for clean water compared to bank bailouts.

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