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On the recordMay 8, 2012
Somebody has to get control of this. With 65,000 employees, nearly $8 billion in expenditures, 14,000 administrative staff, it has reached critical mass.
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John Mica
Republican · Florida

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Mica emphasizes the need for control over a dysfunctional agency with significant expenditures.

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