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On the recordJuly 14, 2015
I am very concerned... about the political environment and the free elections, so my sincere admonition and encouragement is to make sure that we get to a point of good governance there, that corruption is dealt with, and that our aid money that is going in there really gets to the people that we are trying to help.
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David Perdue
Republican · Georgia

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Perdue emphasizes the need for good governance and free elections in Haiti.

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