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On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
The law of supply and demand is not repealed magically in the labor market, as some people in Congress seem to imply.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton emphasizes the importance of supply and demand in labor markets.

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