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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Increasingly, I am coming away with the notion that there is no free money and no easy money anywhere in the public or…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2014
Increasingly, I am coming away with the notion that there is no free money and no easy money anywhere in the public or private sector.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton highlights the lack of easy funding in public-private partnerships.

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