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On the recordAugust 25, 2022
-- billionaires out to control the country for their own benefit so they can pollute it well, so they don`t have to pay any taxes, and so they can operate without regulation.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
msnbc.com

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Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the influence of billionaires on politics and regulation.

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