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Jon Tester: “It seems to me that large national firms have an advantage over large local firms on Federal projects.”

On the recordJuly 25, 2011
It seems to me that large national firms have an advantage over large local firms on Federal projects.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Tester highlights the disadvantage local firms face in federal bidding processes.

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