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On the recordNovember 30, 2011
The process was delayed for months while the agencies struggled to find ways, in our opinion, to inject a new criteria to alter the funding process.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford criticizes delays in the grant process due to political interference.

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