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Jeff Duncan: “I would rather pull the plug and not make the risk of an investment than to expend U.S. taxpayer dollars on a failing…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2016
I would rather pull the plug and not make the risk of an investment than to expend U.S. taxpayer dollars on a failing enterprise that has to be demolished.
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · South Carolina

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Duncan emphasizes caution in investing taxpayer money in failing projects.

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