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Matt Gaetz: They accuse this amendment of being born of weakness. Guess what, Mr. Chair? It does not make America stronger to borrow…

On the recordJuly 13, 2023
They accuse this amendment of being born of weakness. Guess what, Mr. Chair? It does not make America stronger to borrow money from China to give to Ukraine. Do you know who we are appeasing? China. As we engage in this endeavor, China is doing a leveraged buyout of Russia. We see that in Eastern Russia. We see that in the Russian assets in China. We are actually helping China weaken ourselves all to figure out which guy in a sweat suit gets to run Crimea, and that doesn't seem like America's interest to me. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Matt Gaetz
Republican · Florida
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Jul 13, 2023

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