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On the recordOctober 28, 2013
But yet in a government that doesn't respect the things that we hold dear in a Western society or Western values--human rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion--how can you expect the voice to be heard by their government if that government doesn't respect that?
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Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida

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Yoho questions the effectiveness of U.S. aid to Egypt given its government's disregard for human rights.

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