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Tom Carper: “The original intent of that legislation was to shed a little bit of sunlight on the approximately $1 trillion that…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2010
The original intent of that legislation was to shed a little bit of sunlight on the approximately $1 trillion that Federal agencies wrote every year in contracts and grants and in loans.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper discusses the purpose of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act.

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