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John Garamendi: “We will look at the budget and see if you are actually going to start.”

On the recordNovember 20, 2019
We will look at the budget and see if you are actually going to start.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Garamendi expresses intent to scrutinize the budget for actual implementation.

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