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On the recordJuly 11, 2010
Clearly, Government contracting is an important area because, as you have pointed out, the extent of it and the hundreds of billions of dollars that flow through it just gets bigger every day.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse highlights the growing significance and risks of government contracting.

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