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Ed Whitfield: “More important than the trade deficit of last year, $455 billion--$573 billion, more important than that.”

On the recordJune 17, 2013
More important than the trade deficit of last year, $455 billion--$573 billion, more important than that.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield emphasizes that global warming concerns overshadow economic issues.

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