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On the recordMarch 1, 2016
Obviously if we have an area where we are not authorizing or allowing or transferring, we do not want it to be more expensive than actually maintaining it.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford stresses the need for cost efficiency in project management.

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