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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMarch 28, 2012
Assuming that contractors cost less and that the Federal employees cost more does not help this discussion.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio
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Portman critiques assumptions about contractor and employee costs.

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