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Jared Huffman: There was actually this earmark from the height of the cold war that required U.S. military bases in Germany to buy a…

On the recordFebruary 11, 2019
There was actually this earmark from the height of the cold war that required U.S. military bases in Germany to buy a specific type of coal from Pennsylvania, and it was not efficient.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman discusses a problematic coal earmark affecting military bases in Germany.

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