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Elijah Cummings: I was pleased to hear the sponsor say that he wanted to see the program continue. One of the things I was interested in…

On the recordJuly 24, 2002
I was pleased to hear the sponsor say that he wanted to see the program continue. One of the things I was interested in is that there have been defense contractors, like Halliburton, which have done things that were illegal; and I was just wondering whether the gentleman will take the same stand with regard to defense contractors who might have violated the law?
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Questioning the accountability of defense contractors during a discussion on program continuation.

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