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Susan Collins: “And were not those $2,000 debit cards just an invitation to improper spending?”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
And were not those $2,000 debit cards just an invitation to improper spending?
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the misuse of disaster assistance funds.

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