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Gary Peters: “We do not know what our investment of $50 billion over the last 15 years is really buying us year in and year out.”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2018
We do not know what our investment of $50 billion over the last 15 years is really buying us year in and year out.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Senator Peters expresses concern over the lack of clarity on grant effectiveness.

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