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Bill Pascrell: And there is no doubt, Mr. Secretary, that if we did not have that money voted upon in February 2009, we would have been…

On the recordApril 15, 2013
And there is no doubt, Mr. Secretary, that if we did not have that money voted upon in February 2009, we would have been in a worse place.
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Bill Pascrell
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Pascrell asserts the necessity of the financial aid from 2009 to avoid economic decline.

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