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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
I would just submit that maybe it would be appropriate to say that the Office of Management and Budget not get paid unless they comply with the statutory mandate under the Medicare trigger.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn suggests withholding pay from the Office of Management and Budget for non-compliance.

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