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Lisa Murkowski: “What would happen is Contract Support Costs would be short-changed, short-funded, and years of litigation, lots of money…”

On the recordJune 6, 2017
What would happen is Contract Support Costs would be short-changed, short-funded, and years of litigation, lots of money spent on good lawyers to argue that case.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski reflects on past issues with underfunded contract support costs for tribes.

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