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On the recordNovember 27, 2012
the perception out there when you see this, if you are a taxpayer in east Tennessee where I live, just barely getting by, and you are paying your taxes and you see these silly videos or you see these other things, even if it is a tenth of whatever percent, it is hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars, and to us where we live, that is a lot of money.
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David Roe
Republican · Vermont

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Roe expresses concern about taxpayer money being wasted on frivolous conference expenses.

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