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Tom Cotton: “The Federal Government is different. It is not a for-profit enterprise. Therefore, it makes decisions not based on…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
The Federal Government is different. It is not a for-profit enterprise. Therefore, it makes decisions not based on market or financial signals, but on political decisions oftentimes.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton discusses the differences in decision-making between government and private enterprises.

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