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On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
So instead of going through the U.N. and letting that money go through there why don't we use American companies and invest in infrastructure and things that we can trade and start from the ground floor up instead of filtering it through the U.N. where it never gets to seem, like, where it needs to go?
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Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida

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Yoho advocates for direct investment in South Sudan over U.N. aid.

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