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On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
Recently, GSA became aware that Rice REI, LLC is wholly owned by Congressman Tom Rice, who became a member of Congress in January 2013 and remains so to date.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Cohen highlighted Rice's ownership of a company involved in a GSA lease.

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