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Tom Harkin: “I have advocated, for a long time, exactly what she is taking the lead on; that is, every 2 years do the appropriations…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2011
I have advocated, for a long time, exactly what she is taking the lead on; that is, every 2 years do the appropriations and then we can do oversight. It is time we move and move as rapidly as possible to biennial budgeting so we can fulfill one of our most important obligations, which is to find out what is working and what is not working so we can have oversight.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Mar 8, 2011

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Harkin discusses the need for biennial budgeting to improve oversight.

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