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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The Government was losing millions of dollars every day.

On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
The Government was losing millions of dollars every day.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton highlights the financial losses incurred due to the underperforming Old Post Office Building.

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