is it the position of my friend from Virginia that the kinds of things we have heard about--and he sees it more than I do as chairman of the Armed Services Committee--about the hundreds of millions of dollars being overcharged in meals, and hundreds of millions of dollars being overcharged on vehicles, housing, and construction. Any of those would be covered by his statute.
Discussing overcharges in military contracts during a Senate debate.
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