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On the recordDecember 16, 2009
$3.4 billion is an incredible amount of money, and it is a lot of American taxpayers' money.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Barrasso raises concerns about the financial implications of the settlement.

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