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Jeff Flake: “Let me close by saying we are already spending millions and millions, tens of millions of dollars on programs to make…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2007
Let me close by saying we are already spending millions and millions, tens of millions of dollars on programs to make sure that bus travel and other modes of transportation travel are safe. Let's not add another program so that the Hampton Jitney and other private sector businesses can continue to receive this kind of corporate welfare. We can't keep doing this. We have a massive deficit and a huge debt. When are we going to say, let's stop authorizing new programs like this?
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Opposing the authorization of new transportation programs during a congressional debate.

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