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Mike Simpson: “We will never address the backlog because it would have gone over the 20 years more than we are paying it down probably.”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
We will never address the backlog because it would have gone over the 20 years more than we are paying it down probably.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Simpson expresses concern that the backlog will not be resolved within the projected timeline.

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