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On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
In reclaiming my time, I have a remark to the gentleman: Free enterprise capitalism is what defeated the Soviet Union and is what ended the Cold War, because our economy could outproduce their economy, and they eventually collapsed. I don't know why we are trying to emulate them. I have a very brief question to the gentleman from Missouri before I yield to the gentleman from Georgia, which is: In the Akin household, when you serve breakfast to those kids growing up down there, to that whole conservative family, do you serve them grits on a regular basis, or do you not?
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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