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Tom Latham: the administration didn't propose a budget for 2012. They really proposed a lot of pie in the sky, a pipe-dream concept…

On the recordMarch 28, 2011
the administration didn't propose a budget for 2012. They really proposed a lot of pie in the sky, a pipe-dream concept paper for what you would love to see in a reauthorization bill.
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Tom Latham
Iowa

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Criticism of the administration's budget proposal for lacking details and feasibility.

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