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Jerry Moran: “We have got to figure out a way to pay for it, and I do not see where we are going to get the money in discretionary…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
We have got to figure out a way to pay for it, and I do not see where we are going to get the money in discretionary spending to pay for the safe drinking water, waste water treatment systems, and the like.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran highlights the funding challenges for essential water infrastructure.

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