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On the recordMarch 28, 2011
My hope is that we continue to do our oversight in the years to come, and if we extend that bar graph or bar chart a couple years forward into the future that we will see not only a plateauing, but we will see those numbers coming back down, a little bit less red ink.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper hopes for continued oversight and improvement in financial metrics.

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