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On the recordJuly 28, 2014
Just briefly so that no one is wondering where all the money went, in my statement I said the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund was $12.5 billion. It is actually $2.5 billion.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Clarifying the actual amount of the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund.

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