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John Thune: “The Government Accountability Office found 19 fraudulent…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Published | Video Starts at 02:23

But the fact of the matter is that as long as we have been talking about this subject and again they drug US through a 43 day government shutdown in order to do this. Just in the last week The Government Accountability Office found 19 fraudulent claims made to this program, 19 got through, 95% error rate. or 20, I should say 19 got through. In other words, 95% error rate. When I say waste, fraud and abuse, I am not kidding. (02:23–02:33)

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