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Steve Cohen: Half of the money we give them is for salaries. When we pull out, we don't pay the salaries. Their budget is only like…

On the recordJuly 6, 2011
Half of the money we give them is for salaries. When we pull out, we don't pay the salaries. Their budget is only like 15 percent of everything we give them. They can't pay the salaries. They can't borrow from China. So what's going to happen then?
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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govinfo.gov
Jul 6, 2011

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