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Gerry Connolly: “Here we have improper payments that are $125 billion plus every year which would exceed actually the goal of the Super…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
Here we have improper payments that are $125 billion plus every year which would exceed actually the goal of the Super Committee if somehow we could get it to zero.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly emphasizes the scale of improper payments compared to budget goals.

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