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Steny Hoyer: “The gentleman refers to Communist China, apparently wants to follow that example. A communist authoritarian government…”

On the recordApril 16, 2021
The gentleman refers to Communist China, apparently wants to follow that example. A communist authoritarian government that owns most of the manufacturing capability in China--not all of it. It is ironic that in two different debates in less than 5 minutes that the gentleman would point to China as the example of what perhaps we ought to do, when their tax policy is approximately 100 percent, except what they want to allow their citizens to have. Madam Speaker, let me just close on that point with: The Supreme Court has been packed.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Apr 16, 2021

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