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On the recordJuly 25, 2018
I think for us it comes down to the purpose of whether or not we want companies housed in the United States benefiting from American research, from our laws, from our freedom, from the protection of our rule of law in this country, to somehow be complicit in what is happening here.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio expresses concern about U.S. companies being complicit in human rights violations in China.

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