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John Hickenlooper: “I'm one of the few, maybe there's a dozen, maybe 15…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Interview with Senator John Hickenlooper on Trump's Policies and Democratic Strategies

Published | Video Starts at 18:09

I have a real understanding of what that works, how that works on at higher education, but also how that works in, in think tanks. You go down the list. I'm one of the few, maybe there's a dozen, maybe 15 entrepreneurs that actually built a business from scratch. and had to deal with the red tape and regulation. The understands what happens when government raises taxes on you right out of the, out of nowhere and then you've got to adjust your business. (18:09–18:15)

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Asserts he is among a small group of Senators who have built a business from scratch.

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