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Bruce Westerman: It is wonderful that when you try to satisfy special interest groups, you can't satisfy them all without actually…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2020
It is wonderful that when you try to satisfy special interest groups, you can't satisfy them all without actually destroying all of them at the same time.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Westerman comments on the challenges of appeasing various interest groups.

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