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Jason Smith: How does spending $2 million of taxpayer dollars on planting trees in Syracuse, New York help fight COVID?

On the recordApril 5, 2022
How does spending $2 million of taxpayer dollars on planting trees in Syracuse, New York help fight COVID?
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the relevance of certain COVID relief expenditures.

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