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On the recordApril 9, 2014
We have done an estimate and we think it is 7 million to 9 million more people each year would be served if we would move away from the constraints that we now have by ensuring that instead of, again, building up the independence, helping the local economies, which is what this is all about.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker estimates the potential increase in people served by changing aid constraints.

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