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Mazie Hirono: “Whatever happened to debarment? I mean, don't we have any kind of teeth with that? I mean, what happened to the good old…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2012
Whatever happened to debarment? I mean, don't we have any kind of teeth with that? I mean, what happened to the good old days----
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the effectiveness of debarment as a deterrent for bad actors.

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