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Bob Menendez: What is wrong with getting this--this is transparency? That I can't know the macro number of communities that--public…

On the recordMarch 3, 2010
What is wrong with getting this--this is transparency? That I can't know the macro number of communities that--public entities that applied? It's ridiculous. Ridiculous.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez criticizes lack of transparency regarding grant applications from New Jersey communities.

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