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Tim Walz: “I have returned over $300,000 in taxpayer funds from my office budget to the U.S. Treasury.”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
I have returned over $300,000 in taxpayer funds from my office budget to the U.S. Treasury.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Walz highlights his efforts to reduce national debt by returning unused funds.

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