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Maria Cantwell: “The Agency has basically twisted the definition of capital investment, basically to evade oversight.”

On the recordMarch 2, 2010
The Agency has basically twisted the definition of capital investment, basically to evade oversight.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Senator Cantwell accuses NOAA of avoiding oversight by misinterpreting capital investment definitions.

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