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On the recordFebruary 9, 2023
I just really want to underscore it is more than East Asia and the Pacific. It is our own hemisphere where we see China very much penetrating and using this as leverage for their geopolitical agenda.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez emphasizes China's influence in the Western Hemisphere through debt diplomacy.

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