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

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

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Van Orden Questions VBA on Restoring VR&E Program in Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 15:15

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 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. (15:15–15:25)

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