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Maxine Waters: “Is this an attempt to get the operating expenses that they rescinded and cut out of the budget, trying to get as much…”

On the recordMay 9, 1996
Is this an attempt to get the operating expenses that they rescinded and cut out of the budget, trying to get as much money as they can from the tenant in order to offset the money that they cut from the budget?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Questioning budget cuts and their impact on tenants.

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