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Patty Murray: “My concern is that the program that goes out to the States, so it sounds good when you say it to us, I just want to know…”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
My concern is that the program that goes out to the States, so it sounds good when you say it to us, I just want to know how it's going to be implemented?
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray expresses concern about the implementation of a program for States.

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