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John Mica: “I gave a speech in this committee when we created the Department of Homeland Security, and I said, whoever thinks that…”

On the recordNovember 19, 2013
I gave a speech in this committee when we created the Department of Homeland Security, and I said, whoever thinks that bringing 22 agencies together and over 200,000 people would be more efficiently operated is dreaming.
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John Mica
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Mica reflects on his previous warnings about the challenges of merging multiple agencies into DHS.

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