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Gary Peters: “You had contractors there scamming the government. I am sure there are employees within those companies that saw that…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2017
You had contractors there scamming the government. I am sure there are employees within those companies that saw that and were outraged by it. We want to make sure that they are protected to come forward so we can take action.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters calls for protection for whistleblowers exposing contractor fraud against the government.

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