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W. Todd Akin: Well, those are some great recommendations here. To reinforce what you've said, I didn't have time to get some of the…

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Well, those are some great recommendations here. To reinforce what you've said, I didn't have time to get some of the charts that we normally have printed, but here's some examples. We've got 342 economic development programs. Do you think we really need 342 of them? Talk about duplicative. That seems to make your point.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Jan 6, 2011

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The speaker is discussing the need for efficiency in economic development programs.

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