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Richard Shelby: That seems like to a lot of people central planning. You're choosing 25 communities out of the whole Nation as…

On the recordMarch 26, 2014
That seems like to a lot of people central planning. You're choosing 25 communities out of the whole Nation as favoritism, so to speak, and that's very dangerous, I think, and sounds like central planning to me.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Senator Shelby criticizes the Investing in Manufacturing Community Program as central planning.

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