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On the recordOctober 20, 2015
So be specific. Are we going to backfill the missing payments from fiscal year 2015, the August and September payments that we failed to pay?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley demands clarity on backfilling unpaid rental assistance from 2015.

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