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John Mica

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John Mica is a former U.S. Representative who served Florida's 7th congressional district from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Mica was known for his work on transportation and infrastructure issues, playing a significant role in shaping policies related to these areas during his tenure. He was also involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving the economy and supporting local businesses in Florida. Mica's long career in public service included a focus on constituent services and community engagement.

Jun 11, 2013

This is another one of these groundhog attempts by government where we keep going back and back and trying to clean this up and nothing is done.

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Jun 11, 2013

Is it as bad in grants as it is in contracts as far as not compliance with getting rid of the bad players?

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Jun 11, 2013

Do we need a law with teeth in it to make certain that these things get done?

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Jun 11, 2013

But obviously people aren't reporting, contracts are being given and hundreds of millions of dollars to bad players, is that correct?

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Jun 11, 2013

So you really didn't look at that aspect as one, just in general, you looked at the failure to comply with getting the bad actors out of the process?

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Jun 9, 2013

And I think historically, many plans that were terminated performed far worse than that. In fact, that was a pretty high funding and performance level?

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Jun 9, 2013

New GM was a creation of the taxpayers. It was capitalized and created by the Treasury, and all the initial operating funds they had came from taxpayer funds.

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Jun 9, 2013

So they used taxpayer money also to underwrite that.

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Jun 9, 2013

Americans have a right to know that money Washington takes from them is well and justly expended.

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Jun 9, 2013

The Pension Guaranty Fund, which was supposed to help you, did not help you.

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Jun 9, 2013

Americans deserve an efficient and effective government that works for them.

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