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Lamar Alexander: “Well, it is disappointing to me and hard to go back to the people whose taxes we raised, basically, and say we took your…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
Well, it is disappointing to me and hard to go back to the people whose taxes we raised, basically, and say we took your money but we are just going to put it on the shelf for a while.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Expressing disappointment over unspent tax money for inland waterways.

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