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Mark Souder: Reclaiming my time, I guess it kind of counters the point that the gentleman from Arizona was making earlier about the…

On the recordSeptember 29, 1997
Reclaiming my time, I guess it kind of counters the point that the gentleman from Arizona was making earlier about the balance of trade. We were getting money in illegal contributions, but we were taking taxpayer dollars to pay for elections overseas. My colleague would know this more than I, but my understanding was that the losing candidate actually carried the Midwestern States, where we are from, and lost the Canadian vote which we funded.
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Mark Souder
Indiana

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Discussing the implications of foreign election funding and trade during a floor speech.

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