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John Boozman: “If we put one tenth of the money into Clean Water that we are putting into the TARP program and the bailing out of…”

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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