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On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
My Democrat colleagues don't want to believe that we can produce economic opportunity in concert with growing wages without the government interfering.
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Rick Allen
Republican · Georgia

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Critique of Democrats' views on economic growth and wage regulation.

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