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Dick Durbin: “Many people in the Senate have based their careers on the opposite, that the economy will thrive if Government gets the…”

On the recordMay 15, 2023
Many people in the Senate have based their careers on the opposite, that the economy will thrive if Government gets the hell out of the way.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin contrasts past beliefs about government regulation with current corporate pleas for oversight.

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