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Ken Paxton: “We are the only line of defense to stop some of these big…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Ken Paxton Testifies At Senate Finance Committee

Published | Video Starts at 38:13

And individual individuals cannot afford to take on these big companies. It is only Texas. Other states can afford it, and the federal government often won't do it. We are the only line of defense to stop some of these big companies from abusing our constituents. Well, I think it's important because you have to have the talent. Okay. And you have to have the technology, but also specifically the strategy, as Brent mentioned, it has to be correct when you enter into a case now which you have piqued. (38:13–38:20)

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Asserts that the Texas Attorney General's office is the primary defense against corporate abuses in Texas.

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