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Tom Coburn: “I would hope that you would take that into consideration. That $1 billion should be applied first to these issues before…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2013
I would hope that you would take that into consideration. That $1 billion should be applied first to these issues before we give more CDBG money for the disaster up there.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn emphasizes using existing funds before allocating new disaster relief.

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