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Claire McCaskill: “It would be a great requirement for this job, because I guarantee you, if you were a private business, you would have…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2014
It would be a great requirement for this job, because I guarantee you, if you were a private business, you would have figured out these costs before you had cost overruns of $89 million over a period of just a few years.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill emphasizes the need for Senators to understand payroll and cost management.

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