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Roger Wicker: “I challenge anyone to tell me that the old method of collecting data done by the Federal Government is better.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2021
I challenge anyone to tell me that the old method of collecting data done by the Federal Government is better.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker defends new data collection methods over federal approaches.

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