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Jeff Fortenberry: Nobody told me it wasn't our job to set policy.

On the recordMarch 2, 2016
Nobody told me it wasn't our job to set policy.
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Jeff Fortenberry
Republican · Nebraska

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Fortenberry comments on the role of the Appropriations Committee in setting policy.

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