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On the recordJanuary 8, 2014
It is stunning to me that that is acceptable. I don't think that we would accept it in business, and we shouldn't accept it in government.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Duckworth criticizes the acceptance of Medicare fraud and waste as unacceptable government practice.

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