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Jim Himes: “I know, but you are pointing at the Government. What does it mean, 'a concept only the Government could devise?'”

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
I know, but you are pointing at the Government. What does it mean, 'a concept only the Government could devise?'
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Himes questions Kruszewski's derogatory remark about a government concept.

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