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Kathy Castor: Congress doesn't do a very good job thinking decades ahead and planning ahead, it is always the next budget battle or…

On the recordJuly 17, 2017
Congress doesn't do a very good job thinking decades ahead and planning ahead, it is always the next budget battle or the next bill on the horizon.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

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Critique on Congress's short-term focus instead of long-term planning.

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