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Tom Cole: “This is a case, Chairman, where we are being penny wise and pound foolish because we get tribes to invest and then do…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
This is a case, Chairman, where we are being penny wise and pound foolish because we get tribes to invest and then do not follow through and they are not going to invest again.
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Cole criticizes the lack of follow-through on tribal investments.

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