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Jeff Duncan: “The easiest thing in the world is to spend other people's money, and unfortunately, we have seen over and over and over…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2016
The easiest thing in the world is to spend other people's money, and unfortunately, we have seen over and over and over and over again that there apparently are no fiscal conservatives at the Pentagon.
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · South Carolina

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Duncan criticizes Pentagon spending and lack of fiscal responsibility.

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