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Derrick Van Orden: “This is a fantastic program, but it is rife for, for abuse…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Published August 7, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:38

I know that you have personally assured me and I'm going to take you at your word that you will increase your oversight and I'd like to be able to exchange ideas on this. Again, This is a fantastic program, but it is rife for, for abuse and it is too easy to defraud this program. And we want to make sure that we hyper focus these dollars because this, I mean, how much is it? 72,000 bucks a year? (07:38–07:48)

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