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David Schweikert: You are making public decisions, for the public, that affect the public, billions and billions of dollars, maybe for the…

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
You are making public decisions, for the public, that affect the public, billions and billions of dollars, maybe for the good, maybe to the bad.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Schweikert criticizes the use of proprietary data in public decision-making.

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