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On the recordFebruary 9, 2009
I happen to think that is a good thing. But if they can be required to do that, why can they not be or why should they not be required to do things like tell us what they have done with the billions and billions of dollars that we have given them?
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Michael Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Capuano questions the accountability of private entities receiving government funds.

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