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Dick Durbin: “Well, we all are very proud of our free market economy, but at the heart of it, there is competition.”

On the recordJune 15, 2010
Well, we all are very proud of our free market economy, but at the heart of it, there is competition.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes the importance of competition in a free market economy.

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