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Maria Cantwell: “I think the issue is that we have an existing fund that's being underutilized, and we have incredible competition coming…”

On the recordMay 9, 2012
I think the issue is that we have an existing fund that's being underutilized, and we have incredible competition coming at us.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell addresses the underutilization of a fund amid competition for ports.

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