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On the recordOctober 21, 2015
I happen to agree with you. And I think actually the LPTA requirement that I'm talking about that actually sets very inflexible standards for specifically the Department of State is actually a law passed by Congress in 1990.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Duckworth discusses the inflexible standards set by a 1990 law affecting State Department contracts.

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