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On the recordNovember 1, 2011
this is a straightforward amendment on a program that fails 70 percent of the time. We spend $35 million a year. It has an abject failure rate. Only 30 percent of it results in anything positive happening; 70 percent of the time it does not. The Obama administration and the Bush administration thought this program should be canceled. I reserve the remainder of my time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Maine.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Nov 1, 2011

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