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Steve Scalise: “I mean, that is money that somebody let goes, and goes to a restaurant, they are going to have to be paying more money…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2013
I mean, that is money that somebody let goes, and goes to a restaurant, they are going to have to be paying more money, in essence, $30,000 per store more that is going to cost consumers, every store, and these are real prices that are affecting people.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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Scalise discusses the financial impact of price increases on consumers and restaurants.

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