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On the recordJune 11, 2013
We are providing public resources for the benefit of service men and women, that we are subsidizing them, not private enterprise necessarily.
Said by
Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed emphasizes the need to support servicemembers over private enterprises.

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