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Tom Cotton: “I do not think that is good for American citizens. I do not think that is good for our economy, and I will continue to…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2018
I do not think that is good for American citizens. I do not think that is good for our economy, and I will continue to work hard to make sure that those workers share in the prosperity that all Americans in the upper-income brackets, college educated and more, have shared in the past.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton expresses concern over immigration's impact on wages for American workers.

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