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James M. Talent: there is some vast non-feasance by an agency, it just does not do its job, and then what we end up doing about it after…

On the recordNovember 21, 2003
there is some vast non-feasance by an agency, it just does not do its job, and then what we end up doing about it after all the complaining that happens on the Hill is we end up providing more money.
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James M. Talent
Missouri
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congress.gov
Nov 21, 2003

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Senator Talent criticizes agency performance and funding issues.

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