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On the recordMarch 13, 2024
I would strongly suggest that you guys revisit your efforts in that regard and see how you might be able to make them more attractive so when they do bite on the hook that it is our hook and not the Chinese.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch urges revisiting U.S. efforts to attract Pacific Island countries away from Chinese influence.

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