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On the recordJuly 18, 2018
It is all well and good to move the deck chairs around but at the end of the day, if we don't have any money, we cannot do much with it.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper expresses concern over lack of funding for economic growth initiatives.

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