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On the recordJuly 14, 2014
I think the United States could be the most competitive country in the world, but we have a noose of regulation around our own necks and we strangle our own selves and make ourselves not competitive.
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Tom Rice
Republican · South Carolina

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Rice criticizes excessive regulations hindering U.S. competitiveness and job creation.

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