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Roger Wicker: “High rates of mandatory spending often limit the ability of the Federal Government to invest in discretionary funding…”

On the recordJune 10, 2013
High rates of mandatory spending often limit the ability of the Federal Government to invest in discretionary funding such as ocean research.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker highlights budget constraints affecting ocean research funding.

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