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Lincoln Diaz-Balart: “Mr. Speaker, I do not know what the family feud is about, but I do know that the shameful attitude is one of standing…”

On the recordApril 18, 2002
Mr. Speaker, I do not know what the family feud is about, but I do know that the shameful attitude is one of standing with the dictatorship; and it is normal and I think to be expected that people, once they are free, do not want to do business with those who collaborated with a dictatorship.
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Florida

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Discussing attitudes towards dictatorships and freedom.

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