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Ron Johnson: “I believe Senator Coburn--I do not want to speak for him, but I think he estimates the total dollar cost of those…”

On the recordMay 15, 2013
I believe Senator Coburn--I do not want to speak for him, but I think he estimates the total dollar cost of those duplicated programs is somewhere approaching $300 billion per year.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson references Senator Coburn's estimate of wasteful spending due to program duplication.

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