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Chris Van Hollen: “It is pure--it is pure Enron accounting to pretend that this budget balances at 10 years.”

On the recordJune 6, 2017
It is pure--it is pure Enron accounting to pretend that this budget balances at 10 years.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen compares the budget's accounting to Enron's deceptive practices.

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