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Kelly Ayotte: With $15 trillion in debt, that is a really hard sell to my constituents, that we should allocate $400 million for a…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
With $15 trillion in debt, that is a really hard sell to my constituents, that we should allocate $400 million for a system that we will never procure or use.
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire

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Ayotte criticizes funding for the MEADS program amidst national debt concerns.

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