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Steve Scalise: “The government hasn't really been good at picking winners and losers.”

On the recordMay 6, 2013
The government hasn't really been good at picking winners and losers.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Critique of government intervention in energy markets and its failures.

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