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Dan Burton: “I fully support the underlying bill. It is needed legislation. It is a great piece of legislation. I commended the…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2007
I fully support the underlying bill. It is needed legislation. It is a great piece of legislation. I commended the chairman and ranking member for this bill in response to the Dubai Ports issue. But, again, I don't think we can look at this, and why wouldn't we want this information in the Congress? Our taxation policy in this country or regulatory burden, does that have an impact on foreign investment? Why wouldn't we want that information in the Congress? Wouldn't we want to know whether foreign investment one way or the other impacts jobs in this country? I would argue that is a healthy examination that is useful information for the Congress in examining our economic viability as a superpower, our economic security in this country, which again is a national security issue.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Discussing the importance of economic policies and foreign investment in relation to national security.

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