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On the recordApril 10, 2013
If I go to my banker and say, 'By the way, I am broke, but I want more money because I want to buy more land,' he would laugh me out the door.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

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Hastings criticizes the Forest Service for seeking more funding despite financial issues.

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