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Joe Crowley: “I think there was also a bit of xenophobia when Japan or some Japanese purchased Rockefeller Center.”

On the recordJune 22, 2011
I think there was also a bit of xenophobia when Japan or some Japanese purchased Rockefeller Center.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley comments on historical xenophobia related to foreign investments in U.S. properties.

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