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Tom Carper: “To spend $15 to $25 billion, at a time when we have a budget deficit of over $400 billion, is unwise, is unneeded, and…”

On the recordApril 3, 2017
To spend $15 to $25 billion, at a time when we have a budget deficit of over $400 billion, is unwise, is unneeded, and is unaffordable.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper criticizes the high cost of border wall funding amidst a budget deficit.

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