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Kendrick Meek: Let us talk about these foreign nations just for a second. This is a silhouette and map of the United States of America…

On the recordMarch 2, 2006
Let us talk about these foreign nations just for a second. This is a silhouette and map of the United States of America, one of the greatest countries on the face of the Earth. I think it is important that we talk about the people that own all the parts of the American apple pie. I challenge Mr. Ryan and Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and any Member of this U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat or Republican, that can explain to me a better way to say that this is a good thing for the American people. Canada. We will put that up there. They own $53.8 billion of the American apple pie. {time} 1700 Korea, they own $65.5 billion of the American apple pie that we have borrowed from these countries. $65.7 billion, Germany owns a piece of the American apple pie, thanks to the Republican majority and the President, with their policies. The UK, some may say friend and ally, they are friends and allies of our efforts that are going on. They own a piece of America right now at $223.2 billion. That is a lot of money. OPEC nations. I am going to put that here, down there by Texas. They own $67.8 billion of the American apple pie. And I think it is important.
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Kendrick Meek
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