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Rob Portman: “I am always hesitant to talk about the government being too involved in our market... I think we have to realize that…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2021
I am always hesitant to talk about the government being too involved in our market... I think we have to realize that those kinds of industrial commons that have all those folks together really do matter.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Portman acknowledges the role of government in supporting industrial collaboration.

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