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Brooke Rollins: “On any given day, more than 70% of the seats in [the South…”

Featuring: Brooke Rollins, Republican | United States Secretary of Agriculture | National

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Secretary Rollins announces new initiative to update, modernize USDA facilities

Published | Video Starts at 04:10

If you were to walk in the South Building today, here's what you would find Empty office after empty office after empty office. On any given day, more than 70% of the seats in [the South Building] sit empty. Taxpayers foot the bill for these empty offices, all while deferred maintenance costs continue to add up and up and up, now mounting well over 1 billion with a B $1 billion and counting on this building alone. (04:10–04:18)

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Asserts that over 70% of the seats in the South Building are empty daily.

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