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Richard Shelby: “That's picking winners and losers, in a sense, in the marketplace, which is what we don't do.”

On the recordMarch 26, 2014
That's picking winners and losers, in a sense, in the marketplace, which is what we don't do.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Shelby criticizes selecting specific communities for special treatment in economic proposals.

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