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Joe Barton: “The federal government has an obligation to each and every taxpayer to spend the money with full transparency in…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2016
The federal government has an obligation to each and every taxpayer to spend the money with full transparency in accordance with the law.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton asserts the government's duty to be transparent with taxpayer money.

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