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John Rice Carter: “But it is not. And if we add it in as mandatory, it just means more things that are going to have the oversight of what…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2022
But it is not. And if we add it in as mandatory, it just means more things that are going to have the oversight of what we do in our Committee, and therefore, just moves us closer to that time when we can't pay our bills.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

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Carter argues against classifying VA spending as mandatory.

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