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Walter B. Jones: I like those four or five points the gentleman from Georgia made because as you said in your comments a few minutes ago…

On the recordApril 16, 1996
I like those four or five points the gentleman from Georgia made because as you said in your comments a few minutes ago, there is no oversight. Once the bid process is finished and a company gets the contract, then this has become very helter-skelter. We have dentists that have not been treated fairly in my opinion, we have patients who have not been treated fairly in my opinion, and I am delighted to hear these four or five points, because if there is anything I want those that might be watching to fully understand in fact that this new majority, we understand making Government more efficient. Here we have got a dental system that in my opinion is not efficient and is not serving the people it was intended to serve. When you think about our military, these are men and women that were willing to sacrifice their life, and they should not be denied dental care. Yet we have our dentists as we have said, I am being a little repetitious but I want to repeat it again, they are taxpayers, American citizens, and here we have got the Government through this Concordia group working against the taxpayer who is paying for this $1.7 billion plan. So I am delighted to join you, and I am sure you will have many others as you go forward with these four or five points that you think would help with oversight as it relates to dental care for our military.
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina

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Addressing issues with oversight in military dental care during a floor speech.

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