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Tim Scott: “Going after waste, fraud and abuse, including getting these new databases in place, will be a top priority for me.”

On the recordJune 17, 2013
Going after waste, fraud and abuse, including getting these new databases in place, will be a top priority for me.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott emphasizes the need to address waste in the Lifeline program.

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