Those are issues we are dealing with in every program here, and we are trying to be sober about what we can realistically do.
Patty Murray: “Those are issues we are dealing with in every program here, and we are trying to be sober about what we can…”
On the recordMarch 2, 2011
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Murray acknowledges the challenges faced in program budgeting.
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