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Elizabeth Warren: “Last Congress former Senator Tom Coburn and I introduced a bill called the Truth in Settlements Act which would require…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2015
Last Congress former Senator Tom Coburn and I introduced a bill called the Truth in Settlements Act which would require the Government to take these settlements with big corporations and make them public, and this bill was blocked from passage.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights the failure of the Truth in Settlements Act to promote transparency in government settlements.

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