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Danny Davis: “If we don't pay one way, then we will pay another way.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
If we don't pay one way, then we will pay another way.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Davis emphasizes the necessity of paying for necessary information in decision-making.

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