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On the recordJune 22, 2011
We are responsible for allowing all of the duplication that has come because we have passed the legislation and appropriations bills that have actually caused it.
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Thomas Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Acknowledging Congress's role in creating program duplication.

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