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On the recordMarch 7, 2013
Under-utilized properties are sitting idle at tremendous cost to taxpayers and with no public benefit.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen criticizes the federal government's management of properties costing taxpayers without providing benefits.

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