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Joe Lieberman: “I want to ask you to take another look at the Recovery Act because I believe the funding in that act for the fire…”

On the recordMay 11, 2009
I want to ask you to take another look at the Recovery Act because I believe the funding in that act for the fire departments was for construction and renovation of the fire department buildings, not for the purchase of equipment, which the fire grants allow them to do.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman questions the funding allocation for fire departments under the Recovery Act.

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