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On the recordDecember 3, 2013
all these Federal programs, they have wonderful motherhood and apple pie titles and they have good goals, but they end up benefitting primarily Government contractors, large corporations, and Government employees.
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · South Carolina

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Critiques federal programs for benefiting corporations and government employees over the public.

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