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On the recordJuly 14, 2009
The government--and the President put in his budget--bought a building, the first time, I think, since I have been on this Subcommittee that the government plopped down some money, taking an advantage on an option to buy.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton discusses the government's recent purchase of a building in the budget.

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