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Rick Scott: “The federal government is the biggest buyer of most things.”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 08:46

So if we can get more companies in America to be building this stuff, their costs will come down dramatically and we'll be able to compete. But you've got to get volume. Now the next thing we got to do is The federal government is the biggest buyer of most things. I was the biggest buyer of health care when I was in the hospital business, and I think I was 2% of the entire health care dollar. (08:46–08:48)

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Asserts that the federal government is the largest purchaser of many goods.

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