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Joe Morelle: “I feel again like that, yes, oh, yes, here, it would only cost $3 million to do this thing, but you only have $100,000.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2024
I feel again like that, yes, oh, yes, here, it would only cost $3 million to do this thing, but you only have $100,000.
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Joe Morelle
Democratic · New York

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Morelle highlights the unrealistic budgeting for congressional projects.

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