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John Hoeven: “As you make this change, are you really empowering these small business programs, or are you going to turn it into a big…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2018
As you make this change, are you really empowering these small business programs, or are you going to turn it into a big old bureaucracy where you cannot even find somebody that is supposed to help you, let alone actually get the help?
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota

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Hoeven questions if changes will empower small businesses or create bureaucracy.

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