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Robert Torricelli: “I understand the difficulty the managers will have in providing additional funds for the Green Brook Sub-Basin project.…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2001
I understand the difficulty the managers will have in providing additional funds for the Green Brook Sub-Basin project. However, the full funding of this project will provide stability and economic revitalization to this very important region in the state of New Jersey.
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Robert Torricelli
New Jersey

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Discussing funding for the Green Brook Sub-Basin project in New Jersey.

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