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Tom Coburn: my question would be, that may very well be true. Why are we increasing overhead 19 percent? The point is, we are…

On the recordAugust 4, 1998
my question would be, that may very well be true. Why are we increasing overhead 19 percent? The point is, we are disproportionately increasing overhead. Let us agree to trim the overhead down and give the money to the communities rather than consume it in Washington.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Questioning the increase in overhead costs during a discussion on budget allocations.

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