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Andy Barr: “We know that what we have been doing in the past 50 years has failed.”

On the recordMay 11, 2016
We know that what we have been doing in the past 50 years has failed.
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Critique of past public housing policies and exploration of private capital involvement.

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