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Rob Portman: “Shifting the blame to the States is not where the appropriate accountability ought to be here.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2016
Shifting the blame to the States is not where the appropriate accountability ought to be here.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Portman emphasizes that HHS, not the States, should be held accountable for CO-OP failures.

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