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On the recordApril 10, 2018
We have a system that doesn't work, but we have a contract and we've got to buy the thing anyway.
Said by
Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed discusses the dilemma of purchasing a non-functional system.

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