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On the recordMarch 1, 2011
the issue in terms of the lack of proper utilization of facts in the Department of Education in advantaging investors in one segment to make significant dollars over something the government is thinking about doing is highly unethical, and if proven to be the case, some people ought to be going to jail in the Department of Education.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn criticizes unethical practices in the Department of Education regarding investor advantages.

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