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On the recordFebruary 8, 2011
I think you empower the very people you didn't want to, which are the lobbyists, because they are going to come to me and say, 'Look, I have got the greatest knee replacement,' or, 'I have got the greatest procedure,' or whatever.
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John Kline
Republican · Minnesota

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Kline argues that government decisions empower lobbyists rather than consumers.

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