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On the recordSeptember 18, 2012
I think it's this lack of alarm, lack of concern, lack of people hitting the roof over an 80 percent error rate that probably drives the American people crazy and causes them to lose trust in the U.S. Government, and I would say rightly so.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Corker expresses concern over the high error rate in government contracts affecting public trust.

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