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Greg Casar: “No more extorting taxpayers for billions of dollars in…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Congressman Greg Casar and Senator Bernie Sanders Introduce the Home Team Act

Published | Video Starts at 00:45

The Home Team act says that our home sports teams do not exist just to make wealthy owners even wealthier. They're for all of us. No more unceremoniously uprooting our teams that people have rooted for for generations. No more extorting taxpayers for billions of dollars in subsidies. Far too many Americans know the pain of losing a team just so that the owner could make a buck. As a child of Houston, I still remember the loss of our Oilers. (00:45–00:51)

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