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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMay 10, 2023
No corporation in the world would restrict their cash flow for the development or production of programs at the start of a fiscal year.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana
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Tester criticizes the use of continuing resolutions in national security budgeting.

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