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Mike Crapo: “I am starting to think that the regulatory burden is beginning to approach the national debt in terms of its seriousness…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
I am starting to think that the regulatory burden is beginning to approach the national debt in terms of its seriousness for its impact on our economy.
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Mike Crapo
Republican · Idaho

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Crapo compares regulatory burden to national debt's impact on the economy.

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