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Mike Rounds: “I really have a question as to whether or not they ought to be doing the construction, because I did not see where they…”

On the recordMay 4, 2015
I really have a question as to whether or not they ought to be doing the construction, because I did not see where they brought a heck of a lot of expertise to the projects that they are doing.
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Mike Rounds
Republican · South Dakota

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Senator Rounds questions the expertise involved in ongoing construction projects at Veterans Affairs.

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