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Elizabeth Warren: “But instead of staffing up the workforce that cracks down on scammers and fraudsters that hurt our seniors, on his first…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2017
But instead of staffing up the workforce that cracks down on scammers and fraudsters that hurt our seniors, on his first full day in the Oval Office, President Trump issued an Executive order freezing Federal hiring and starving our enforcement agencies of their most important resource--American workers.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes Trump's hiring freeze affecting fraud prevention efforts for seniors.

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