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David Schweikert: Just as one policymaker, I have great concerns about proprietary data making public policy because when the rest of us…

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
Just as one policymaker, I have great concerns about proprietary data making public policy because when the rest of us cannot sort of stress it and see it and match it and test it, there is something almost unseemly of: Well, we bought this data but we have a nondisclosure on it, but we are going to make rules that affect your lives. Just understand I think that is a bad direction.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Schweikert expresses concerns about using proprietary data for public policy decisions.

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