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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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