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Debbie Stabenow: “USDA and the food assistance programs have about a 2.6-percent overpayment.”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2015
USDA and the food assistance programs have about a 2.6-percent overpayment.
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Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Stabenow acknowledges progress in reducing overpayments in food assistance programs.

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