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Trent Franks: “It occurs to me, Mr. Chairman, that the highway of history is littered with the wreckage of socialist enterprises.”

On the recordDecember 5, 2013
It occurs to me, Mr. Chairman, that the highway of history is littered with the wreckage of socialist enterprises.
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Trent Franks
Arizona

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Franks warns against repeating historical mistakes with socialist policies.

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