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On the recordApril 9, 2014
the idea of picking winners and losers in the marketplace, that's the tenet of communism, socialism, and so forth.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby criticizes the selection of communities for special treatment in economic proposals.

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