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John Garamendi: “It is a fool's errand to base all of this analysis on the appropriation level rather than on what it would cost to do…”

On the recordOctober 6, 2015
It is a fool's errand to base all of this analysis on the appropriation level rather than on what it would cost to do the process.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Garamendi criticizes focusing on budget limits instead of actual project costs.

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