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Virginia Foxx: “I find it very, very frustrating when you say we can't have a program--I don't use an ATM card but the banks have ATM…”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
I find it very, very frustrating when you say we can't have a program--I don't use an ATM card but the banks have ATM machines.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx criticizes the Department of Education's improper payment rates compared to banks.

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