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Bennie Thompson: “It is high time that this committee start doing oversight of pressing issues, like foreign malign influence in Latin…”

On the recordJune 20, 2023
It is high time that this committee start doing oversight of pressing issues, like foreign malign influence in Latin America and how the actions of China, Russia, and others in our backyard undermine U.S. interests and democracy at large.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson calls for oversight on foreign influence undermining U.S. democracy.

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