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Barbara Boxer: “Absolutely. My particular amendment that will be voted on is more than a sense of the Senate. It is a sense of the…”

On the recordMay 22, 2003
Absolutely. My particular amendment that will be voted on is more than a sense of the Senate. It is a sense of the Senate plus it is a requirement that if the Department of Defense does not meet its own stated goal of having a fully competitive contract in place by August 31, 2003, to replace this boondoggle, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to Congress by September 30, 2003, detailing the reasons for allowing this sole-source contract to continue.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing an amendment related to Department of Defense contracting practices.

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