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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: That we have been talking about, then I do not know what that is. Did that contract have to be no bid? What made the…

On the recordDecember 7, 2005
That we have been talking about, then I do not know what that is. Did that contract have to be no bid? What made the wife of the nephew of the Governor, who is a former RNC chairman, who just also happens to have been a Republican Party activist, what made her the most qualified? Coincidentally? Coincidentally? Oh, gee, she just happens to be related to the Governor of Mississippi, who is the former RNC chairman and who happened to get a no-bid contract, 10 no-bid contracts for services that I would not deem emergency, that needed to not take the time we would like to require in terms of accountability for reviewing contracts and making sure it goes to the responsible bidder, the person who is going to provide that service in the most economical way. I know we are coming in on our last few minutes.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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