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On the recordFebruary 29, 2012
If we can spend $8 billion a month in Afghanistan, we should not be selling short shrift to the economic fortunes of present and future American generations in terms of investments in the Commerce Department.
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Frank Wolf
Republican · Virginia

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Wolf emphasizes the need for investment despite military spending.

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