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Brian Schatz: “It makes me extremely nervous that you say you can absorb these costs.”

On the recordJune 20, 2017
It makes me extremely nervous that you say you can absorb these costs.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Schatz expresses concern over budget management and care provision.

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