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Rand Paul: “There is no reason for the EDA to exist.”

On the recordJune 9, 2015
There is no reason for the EDA to exist.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Rand Paul calls for the elimination of the Economic Development Agency.

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