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Bob Bennett: “It seems to me penny wise and pound foolish if we say, okay, we are halfway there and now we are going to cut the…”

On the recordMay 8, 2003
It seems to me penny wise and pound foolish if we say, okay, we are halfway there and now we are going to cut the funding.
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Bob Bennett
Republican · Utah
Source
congress.gov
May 8, 2003

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Critiquing the decision to cut funding for incomplete research.

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