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Steve Scalise: “Everybody knows there is no free lunch. Somebody has to pay for it.”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2026
Everybody knows there is no free lunch. Somebody has to pay for it.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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On the costs of socialist policies.

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