I will tell you that our staff's investigation found that $850 million out of the testing budget and another $850 million out of the allocation for the stockpile were instead used to deal with the crisis at the Southern border.
Susan Collins: “I will tell you that our staff's investigation found that $850 million out of the testing budget and another $850…”
On the recordJanuary 10, 2022
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Collins reveals findings about budget reallocations for border crisis management.
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