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On the recordMarch 7, 2016
But the cost for one of those agents is three times the cost for your domestic agents, so do you have the statistics to back that up?
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota
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Editor's note · Context

Senator Hoeven questions the cost-effectiveness of international agents compared to domestic ones.

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