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Debbie Dingell: “The amount of the sale is $200-plus million. The amount which is wasted in selling at half the cost the government paid…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1995
The amount of the sale is $200-plus million. The amount which is wasted in selling at half the cost the government paid for it is over $100 million. That is the economy we are practicing here tonight.
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Debbie Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Discussing government waste related to a sale during a House floor debate.

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