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Tammy Duckworth: “If that is the case and if that contract has been indicted, why are you using them even partially as a basis for…”

On the recordApril 16, 2013
If that is the case and if that contract has been indicted, why are you using them even partially as a basis for determining whether or not the rates are fair and reasonable under the Supreme contract?
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the use of an indicted company for rate determination.

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