On the recordNovember 13, 2017
Reducing the speed limit to 30 miles an hour nationwide would save lives, no question about it, but we have taken the position, as a society, that would just be too harmful to the economy.
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Wicker uses speed limits as an analogy for balancing safety and economic impact.
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