“Everybody I know, and I’m not just talking about 10 or 20 people, nobody could believe we even got this far. The laws are bad.”

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On the recordApril 9, 2013
Any grant program that has a grant application ought to have a stipulation that whoever is the grantee affirms that they are not getting another Federal grant for exactly the same thing.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Coburn suggests a requirement to prevent duplicate federal grants.

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