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On the recordNovember 13, 2017
If we do not start exercising meaningful oversight over every dollar spent on every contract signed in the territories, particularly with regard to these entities, we could be looking at decades of ongoing problems and even more dire financial situation going forward and perhaps decades of DOJ corruption prosecutions.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Emphasizes the need for oversight to prevent financial issues and corruption in Puerto Rico.

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