“Again, I congratulate Milla Santapaola on this impressive accomplishment.”
“Again, I congratulate Holden Schoen on this impressive accomplishment.”
“I do not doubt that she will succeed in her future academic and military career.”
“I am confident that Milla's time in Annapolis will be similarly impactful for her.”
“I am confident that Holden's time at this incredible institution will be similarly impactful for him.”
“Nominating young people to our service academies is one of my greatest honors as a Member of Congress.”

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On the recordJuly 20, 2011
Some people here in Washington don't seem to be able to distinguish between those two kinds of spending.
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Thomas Carper
Democratic · Delaware
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Critiquing the inability to differentiate between necessary infrastructure spending and wasteful spending.

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