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Sherrod Brown: “I think the first thing to do is put yourself in taxpayers' position when, as individual people in this country, we are…”

On the recordApril 22, 2015
I think the first thing to do is put yourself in taxpayers' position when, as individual people in this country, we are spending taxpayer dollars and we buy Chinese steel to build a bridge in California.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown emphasizes the importance of considering taxpayers when spending on foreign materials.

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