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Maxine Waters: “Each year, billions of dollars of capital from the United States is invested into companies owned by, controlled by, or…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2022
Each year, billions of dollars of capital from the United States is invested into companies owned by, controlled by, or affiliated with China and Russia, undermining our national security.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters highlights the risk of U.S. investments in adversarial nations to national security.

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