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On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
Economic progress is about persons, not about regimes who are going to do this to the citizens of their own country.
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Howard Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes that economic progress should prioritize individual rights over oppressive regimes.

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