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On the recordApril 11, 2011
Can you please elaborate on how USAID is using these specific supplemental Haiti reforestation funds, including how much of the $25 million is being spent on the actual replanting of sustainable tree cover?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin questions the effectiveness of USAID's reforestation funding in Haiti.

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