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Jason Smith: You need to be more diligent to make sure you can understand how much of a financial impact your asks are going to have…

On the recordJuly 16, 2014
You need to be more diligent to make sure you can understand how much of a financial impact your asks are going to have on private industry and private citizens before you start asking.
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

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Smith calls for diligence in assessing financial impacts on citizens and industries.

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