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Tom Barrett: “I sponsored the legislation to ban these large corporate…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 06:35

… buy a fitness device, all designed to keep people a little bit healthier and take more control of their health. The second biggest issue I see under affordability is housing. I sponsored the legislation to ban these large corporate hedge funds, many of which are foreign owned, from buying up all of the housing stock. all of the housing stock and essentially having a monopoly around single family homes in my district and across this country so that ordinary families can't purchase their first home. (06:35–06:57)

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