Sometimes we are saving money, and it is costing us government efficiency in that savings.
Jon Tester: “Sometimes we are saving money, and it is costing us government efficiency in that savings.”
On the recordJanuary 13, 2014
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Tester warns that cost-cutting may hinder government efficiency.
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