Steve Scalise: “You are using it as a national model, but the people building it are…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013

You are using it as a national model, but the people building it are saying it shouldn't be used as some kind of national model.

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Republican · Louisiana

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Scalise emphasizes the contradiction in using Kemper as a standard despite builder's concerns.

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