On the recordJune 26, 2006
I have investigated a lot of examples of wasteful federal spending and I have never seen waste on this scale. The magnitude is just incredible. And it seems to be a bottomless pit.
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Susan Collins comments on the scale of wasteful spending related to Hurricane Katrina.
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