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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
We recognize the agencies may sometimes find that they must spend unrestricted appropriated funds to satisfy needs they believe more important than fulfilling a contractual obligation.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran discusses the government's obligation to pay full contract support costs to tribes.

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