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Mike Levin: this bill does not spend $18 billion, it will not cost $150 to the taxpayers. What will cost the American taxpayer is…

On the recordApril 23, 1998
this bill does not spend $18 billion, it will not cost $150 to the taxpayers. What will cost the American taxpayer is chaos in Asia. The IMF has made mistakes, but more often than not, it led to liberalization of trade. Look at Poland, Estonia, Uganda and Egypt. Globalization is changing. For the first time, we have a bill that says an international institution has to pay attention to labor market conditions and the environment. Vote for this instruction.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Discussing the implications of a bill related to international financial institutions and labor market conditions.

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