This is an urgent priority that we change the formula. And to be very frank, the formula simply doesn't make any sense anymore.
Shaun Donovan: “This is an urgent priority that we change the formula. And to be very frank, the formula simply doesn't make any sense…”
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Donovan stresses the urgency of updating the outdated HOPWA funding formula.
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