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Trey Gowdy: “The notion that you have to spend $800,000 to exchange ideas is laughable and perhaps criminal.”

On the recordApril 15, 2012
The notion that you have to spend $800,000 to exchange ideas is laughable and perhaps criminal.
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Trey Gowdy
Republican · South Carolina

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Gowdy condemns excessive spending for a conference.

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