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On the recordAugust 3, 2011
What do we need to do? What needs to be done so that CBO in the future will not say almost routinely that even when it makes economic sense to purchase, we are not going to score it that way?
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper asks for solutions to improve CBO scoring on purchases.

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