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      <excerpt>...Ackerman (D-N.Y.), Rep. Norman Dicks (D-Wash.), Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), Rep. James Marshall (D-Georgia) and Rep. Nydia Vel&#225;zquez (D-N.Y.). I have written to each asking why they did not support the motion. If you support our military men and wome</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Walter Mugdan, the US Environmental Protection Agency&amp;#39;s regional director of Emergency Response and Remedial Division, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., who requested the GAO report, said more efforts will likely be needed to root out ineligible companies. She noted that &amp;quot;the VA has no way of verifying whether the listings in their database are actually ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&amp;quot;Fraud in this program means that honest veterans who own a small business lose out on projects to impostors who, in many cases, aren&amp;#39;t small businesses or even veterans,&amp;quot; said Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the House ...</excerpt>
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