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Tom Coburn: “The 7 percent figure bothers me, but the 10 percent figure on the Federal Government bothers me even more.”

On the recordMarch 4, 2009
The 7 percent figure bothers me, but the 10 percent figure on the Federal Government bothers me even more.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn expresses concern over federal spending inefficiencies.

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