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Brian Babin: “To paraphrase a former Secretary of the Treasury and Director of the National Economic Council, the government is a poor…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2019
To paraphrase a former Secretary of the Treasury and Director of the National Economic Council, the government is a poor venture capitalist.
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Brian Babin
Republican · Texas

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Babin warns against government acting as a venture capitalist in space partnerships.

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