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Joe Manchin: “What I do know is that contractors can make up to $763,000--funded by the taxpayers.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
What I do know is that contractors can make up to $763,000--funded by the taxpayers.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin highlights the high salaries of contractors funded by taxpayers.

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