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Harold Volkmer: “It does make a difference to me that a corporation, a billion, billion, billion-dollar corporation, is coming to…”

On the recordMay 2, 1995
It does make a difference to me that a corporation, a billion, billion, billion-dollar corporation, is coming to Washington and wanting a handout in order to help do some research that they have got fully enough money to do themselves. It does make a difference to me that it is corporate welfare, and I do not believe in corporate welfare.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Opposing corporate welfare during a discussion on government funding for research.

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