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Mazie Hirono: This continual fire borrowing is very detrimental.

On the recordOctober 17, 2016
This continual fire borrowing is very detrimental.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono emphasizes the negative impact of fire borrowing on budgets.

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