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Joe Barton: What would be the harm of just rescinding the funding that has not yet in been spent saying game over, save the…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
What would be the harm of just rescinding the funding that has not yet in been spent saying game over, save the taxpayers $2.5 billion.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton suggests rescinding unspent broadband funding to save taxpayer money.

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