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Richard Burr: The slowest economic recovery from any recession since World War II; an increase in litigation instead of investment…

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
The slowest economic recovery from any recession since World War II; an increase in litigation instead of investment; meager job creation; wage growth and more businesses dying than being opened; and a transfer of power--I would argue the legislative authority itself--from Congress to the executive branch that would confound, I believe, our framers of the Constitution.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina

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Discussing the negative impacts of regulatory expansion on the economy.

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