On the recordMarch 9, 2009
But various administrations, the Reagan Administration starting, and then Bush I and Bush II realized that the way to kill the EDA is to kill the EDR.
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Oberstar discusses past administrations' efforts to undermine the EDA by cutting its staff.
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