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Sherrod Brown: “Expanding benefits without first establishing the necessary controls, checks, and balances to prevent the waste, fraud…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2011
Expanding benefits without first establishing the necessary controls, checks, and balances to prevent the waste, fraud, and abuse we all hear about is putting the cart before the horse.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Senator Brown criticizes the lack of oversight in expanding healthcare benefits.

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