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Patrick Leahy: “The Senator from West Virginia is absolutely right. We have tens of billions of unspent dollars sitting in accounts for…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2011
The Senator from West Virginia is absolutely right. We have tens of billions of unspent dollars sitting in accounts for Iraq and Afghanistan for rebuilding roads and such there. Let's spend it in America. Let's spend it on America. It is American tax dollars. Let's spend it on America. I yield the floor.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Sep 26, 2011

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