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Tim Scott: “Our economy is growing at an anemic rate. I think it was 0.5 for the first quarter.”

On the recordMay 10, 2016
Our economy is growing at an anemic rate. I think it was 0.5 for the first quarter.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Tim Scott highlights the slow growth of the economy.

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