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Henry Waxman: “There is a simple reason. Nobody in that room had any skin in the game.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
There is a simple reason. Nobody in that room had any skin in the game.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman explains the lack of accountability in the Solyndra situation.

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