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On the recordApril 10, 2013
With a national debt approaching $16.8 trillion, and billions of dollars more added every day, it is becoming increasingly difficult to finance a program that costs nearly $400 million.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

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Hastings highlights the financial challenges of the Secure Rural School Program.

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