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On the recordSeptember 25, 2019
It seems to me that there is always the assumption on the other side of the aisle that the private sector is made up of a bunch of crooks and that all they want to do is abuse people.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Foxx defends the honesty of the private sector against assumptions of wrongdoing.

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