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On the recordFebruary 4, 2025
We urge you to use your fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Defense Department, the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development to send a clear message that the United States has a comprehensive strategy to counter the Chinese Communist Party's expanding global influence and the increasing threat that it poses to U.S. security interests and those of our allies and partners.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Marco Rubio calls for an increase in the USAID budget to counter Chinese influence.

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