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Barbara Mikulski: “I don't want to be foolish. So, let me tell you what I worry about in being foolish: that, because we skimp now, we then…”

On the recordApril 10, 2011
I don't want to be foolish. So, let me tell you what I worry about in being foolish: that, because we skimp now, we then end up paying two or three times later.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski expresses concern about budget cuts leading to higher future costs.

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