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Joe Manchin: “Pure deregulation does not have really a good track record. It did not work with the phone companies. It did not work…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
Pure deregulation does not have really a good track record. It did not work with the phone companies. It did not work with the utility companies. It did not work with the airlines.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin criticizes deregulation based on past failures in various industries.

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