On the recordFebruary 19, 2009
The issue is, as my two colleagues here from the port said, number one, any solution we bring forward the money has to stay in the region where the money was generated.
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congress.govThe issue is, as my two colleagues here from the port said, number one, any solution we bring forward the money has to stay in the region where the money was generated.
Gerlach insists that funds must remain in their generating regions.
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