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Peter DeFazio: “Now earmarks got a bad name. I won't go into that for various reasons. And they were banned. Well, that was stupid.”

On the recordJune 9, 2015
Now earmarks got a bad name. I won't go into that for various reasons. And they were banned. Well, that was stupid.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio criticizes the ban on earmarks, calling it a poor decision.

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