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On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
But compare that to China, which, according to a hearing that Senator Booker and I had on combating disinformation recently, China spends over $10 billion a year in state-sponsored disinformation operations.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch contrasts U.S. disinformation funding with China's substantial investment in it.

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