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Thomas Massie: Any employer who had this many false positives when doing a background check on employees would be sued out of…

On the recordSeptember 17, 2019
Any employer who had this many false positives when doing a background check on employees would be sued out of existence.
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Thomas Massie
Republican · Kentucky

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Massie criticizes the background check system for its high rate of false positives.

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