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Sep 20 2011

Sens. DeMint, Lee, Coburn & Johnson Address Concerns Regarding Duplicative & Wasteful Federal Autism Programs

Senators DeMint, Coburn, Lee, and Johnson urge their colleagues to address concerns related to the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act and request modifications to the bill that would prioritize taxpayer dollars by ending programs that the Government Accountability Office has shown to be wasteful, duplicative, and inefficient. 

Read the letter from Senators DeMint, Lee, Coburn, and Johnson to Senator Menendez here. Text of their amendment to provide the Secretary with discretion to conduct the programs reauthorized under the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act using existing funds here.

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