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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMay 6, 2004
we do not have time here to do the oversight because we are so busy with the budget and appropriations.
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George Voinovich
Republican · Ohio
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Voinovich expresses frustration over budget pressures hindering oversight.

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