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Jeff Flake: “I would simply say that it has been pointed out again and again here, this does not prevent a buyout. Perhaps a buyout…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2004
I would simply say that it has been pointed out again and again here, this does not prevent a buyout. Perhaps a buyout is proper, but it should happen not with taxpayer funds, but with industry funds. So this simply protects the taxpayer.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the use of taxpayer funds in potential buyouts during a committee meeting.

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