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David Roe: “I found it astonishing last night when I read this entire testimony that we had let this go on for as long as it had…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2009
I found it astonishing last night when I read this entire testimony that we had let this go on for as long as it had, and the nonsense that this government funds every day and then not to fund this very needed program was appalling to me.
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David Roe
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Expressing frustration over government funding priorities related to veterans' programs.

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