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Bill Delahunt: We have wasted billions of dollars of taxpayers' money in Iraq, and yet not a single hearing. And I do not want a…

On the recordNovember 15, 2005
We have wasted billions of dollars of taxpayers' money in Iraq, and yet not a single hearing. And I do not want a hearing where some administration official comes up and presents a 5-minute overview and we have 5 minutes to question. I am talking about a thorough, exhaustive investigation done by staff on both sides of the aisle and by serious Republicans and Democrats who find this kind of waste and scandal abhorrent.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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