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On the recordFebruary 14, 2017
These projects were going to get built, and when federal subsidies were layered in, it just meant that the investors like Warren Buffett and others earned higher returns than otherwise.
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Chuck Edwards
Republican · North Dakota

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Edwards argues that subsidies benefited investors rather than necessary projects.

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