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On the recordDecember 1, 2015
I would very much hope the trade decisions were made on the basis of pure reason and rational actors, in which case we would have a completely different trade policy than we have had for the last 30 years when we have decimated the American middle class.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman criticizes past trade policies for harming the American middle class.

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