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On the recordDecember 4, 2012
It would be penny wise and pound foolish to give LIPA $800 million without helping harden and modernize an electric grid that will stand up to the next storm.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Funding LIPA without improvements is unwise and costly.

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