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Joe Pitts: “Congress has acted to override these statutory cuts on at least 15 occasions, and the cost of these overrides has been…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2013
Congress has acted to override these statutory cuts on at least 15 occasions, and the cost of these overrides has been staggering.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts highlights the frequency and cost of Congressional overrides of SGR cuts.

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