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Claire McCaskill: don't you think the assertion I am making today--when I have looked at all these contracts, there has been contract…

On the recordJune 26, 2013
don't you think the assertion I am making today--when I have looked at all these contracts, there has been contract after contract where the estimates were low, where safety was not even taken into consideration before the contract began, when there was not even a timely notification of as much as a half a billion dollars overrun in cost until 18 months after it was due.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill criticizes contract management and safety oversight in federal projects.

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