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Cliff Stearns: “This seemed to be a theme of the administration. If a study or report comes out that they disagree with, it is denounced…”

On the recordJune 12, 2011
This seemed to be a theme of the administration. If a study or report comes out that they disagree with, it is denounced as inaccurate or labeled an outlier, even if the administration actually commissioned the study themselves.
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Cliff Stearns
Florida

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Stearns criticizes the administration's dismissal of unfavorable studies.

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