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Martin Sabo: “Reclaiming my time, for those of us who come from the heartland of the country, we are having discussion over how much…”

On the recordJune 24, 2003
Reclaiming my time, for those of us who come from the heartland of the country, we are having discussion over how much money should go to ports. We have allocated a significant amount, and others would like to allocate more. My assumption is most of that goes along the coast.
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Martin Sabo
Minnesota

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Discussing funding allocations for ports during a congressional debate.

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