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Michael Burgess: “We ignore the consumer at our own peril both as a legislative body, sort of the regulators that were on the panel…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
We ignore the consumer at our own peril both as a legislative body, sort of the regulators that were on the panel before, and you of course as the manufacturers and people who are supplying consumers what they want to buy.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess emphasizes the importance of consumer needs in legislative decisions.

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