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Carl Levin: “There is no use having a program where anywhere close to 25 percent is abuse.”

On the recordApril 24, 2007
There is no use having a program where anywhere close to 25 percent is abuse.
Said by
Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan
Source
congress.gov
Apr 24, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need to correct abuse in a federal program.

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