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Tom Perez: “That's the $64 million question, Mr. Chairman. When I started this job as AAG, we went around and did a lot of listening…”

On the recordJune 21, 2010
That's the $64 million question, Mr. Chairman. When I started this job as AAG, we went around and did a lot of listening tours internally and elsewhere and I would ask, 'Why are you doing something this way?' And we got the answer, 'Because that's how we've always done it.'
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Tom Perez

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Discussing resistance to change in state practices regarding disability services.

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