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Tim Walz: I think it needs to be our call, with the money, with the taxpayers, if we are getting the right data in this.

On the recordFebruary 6, 2017
I think it needs to be our call, with the money, with the taxpayers, if we are getting the right data in this.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Walz insists that decision-making should prioritize taxpayer interests based on data.

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