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On the recordSeptember 10, 2012
Taxpayer dollars should be spent on projects that have an obvious benefit to the American people and these foreign grants do little, if anything, to benefit Americans.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton emphasizes that taxpayer money should benefit Americans directly.

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