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John Scott Duarte: I think that commodities are commodities. They move around the globe and they fill voids and shortages through a free…

On the recordMarch 8, 2023
I think that commodities are commodities. They move around the globe and they fill voids and shortages through a free market system that you folks help facilitate. But water is not a commodity.
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John Scott Duarte
Republican · California

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Duarte argues that water should not be treated as a commodity like other goods.

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