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On the recordJanuary 13, 2014
Let me use a little accounting lingo here. You have a price variance and you have a---- A volume variance.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Johnson introduces accounting terms to discuss contract issues.

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