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Jamie Raskin: “We have the power under the Constitution to promote the progress of science and useful arts, and we should exercise that…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2018
We have the power under the Constitution to promote the progress of science and useful arts, and we should exercise that power, because, today, our regime stifles musical creativity.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin emphasizes constitutional authority to support music creativity.

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