It is a free phone to some people that is paid for by other people, and those other people that are paying for that service, when they see the fraud and abuse and the waste in this program, get incredibly angry.
On the recordApril 24, 2013
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Scalise criticizes the misuse of taxpayer money in a free phone program.
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