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On the recordJune 10, 2009
Congress has struggled for a long time to balance the need to serve as many families as possible with the need to ensure that we are managing the growth in this program's cost.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray discusses the challenge of balancing service and cost in housing programs.

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