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Dan Coats: We may have the makings of a real deal here. From what I hear it is that the Senator from Massachusetts and the Senator…

On the recordJuly 9, 1998
We may have the makings of a real deal here. From what I hear it is that the Senator from Massachusetts and the Senator from Iowa are willing to put the whole program out for bid. And if we would take the whole program, including what is run by the public sector, maybe we could cut a deal and just turn the whole thing over to the private sector. Is that what the Senator is suggesting?
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana

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Discussing potential privatization of a government program during Senate debate.

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