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Thom Tillis: “I think, Deputy Secretary Gibson, you were at that hearing, where I said it is a shame that a benefit that over 10 years…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2015
I think, Deputy Secretary Gibson, you were at that hearing, where I said it is a shame that a benefit that over 10 years will equate to about $6.2 million is going to require $5.1 million in systems changes before you can start providing the benefit.
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina

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Tillis highlights the high cost of implementing a benefit due to necessary system changes.

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