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On the recordDecember 5, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2990 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Private sector business concerns, which are free to respond to the private or public demands of the marketplace, constitute the strength of the United States economic system. (2) Competitive private enterprises are the most productive, efficient, and effective sources of goods and services. (3) Unfair Government competition with the private sector of the economy is detrimental to the United States economic system. (4) Unfair Government competition with the private sector of the economy is at an unacceptably high level, both in scope and in dollar volume. (5) Current law and policy have failed to address adequately the problem of unfair Government competition with the private sector of the economy.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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