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On the recordDecember 9, 2019
I think ultimately we have to find some way to gently interfere with the workings of the free market here.
Said by
Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Foster discusses the need to intervene in the free market to protect U.S. industries.

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