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On the recordFebruary 8, 2005
My freshman class made waste, fraud, and abuse its class project. ... We can go back and look at the Treasury books from the year 2001 to see that the Federal Government cannot account for $17.3 billion. Now, to my constituents and for all of us, that is not acceptable.
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

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Discussing efforts to address waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending.

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