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Janice Hahn: “We have an $8 billion surplus. We are not spending that money for the purpose it was intended.”

On the recordJune 25, 2013
We have an $8 billion surplus. We are not spending that money for the purpose it was intended.
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Janice Hahn
California

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Hahn highlights the surplus in harbor maintenance tax and calls for its proper use.

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