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On the recordSeptember 10, 2012
It is difficult for me to see the value of EPA providing taxpayer funding grants to organizations and governments outside the United States for things such as 'good governance capacity-building' in Jordan or 'regulatory dialogue' on landfill gas in Brazil.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Joe Barton questions the value of EPA grants to foreign organizations.

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