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13 October
5:52 pm

I increased by seventeen percent the budget for the independent office of inspector general

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Susan Collins, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 3 (WABI/WAGM)

5:52 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific percentage increase claimed for the ICE Inspector General budget — verifiable against appropriations records
What we foundThe 17% DHS OIG budget increase is consistently stated by Collins' own office and corroborated by the Boston Globe's independent reporting, but no separate primary government document (e.g., CRS analysis or enacted bill text with OIG line items) was found to independently confirm the exact figure.
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