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Chris Van Hollen: “On CBO, when they score investments, when CBO looks at the investment side, investment infrastructure and education…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
On CBO, when they score investments, when CBO looks at the investment side, investment infrastructure and education, they don't take into account either the positive economic growth benefits of that in terms of receipts, do they?
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen questions CBO's scoring of investments and their economic benefits.

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