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Jon Tester: “I will be the first one to tell you that low bidder is sometimes low bidder for a reason.”

On the recordJuly 25, 2011
I will be the first one to tell you that low bidder is sometimes low bidder for a reason.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester emphasizes that the lowest bid may not always provide the best value.

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