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Barbara Mikulski: “When you use that phrase, they hold their sides and laugh. They don't think that we really mean it.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2010
When you use that phrase, they hold their sides and laugh. They don't think that we really mean it.
Said by
Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Mikulski discusses public skepticism about reducing healthcare fraud.

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