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Marcy Kaptur: “Now I want to say to the gentleman I have testified before his committee. We have defined foreign interests. Those…”

On the recordMarch 30, 1998
Now I want to say to the gentleman I have testified before his committee. We have defined foreign interests. Those include not only foreign citizens but foreign-controlled corporations and trade associations through which the majority of these dollars flow. When the gentleman defines noncitizens, does that include foreign-controlled corporations and foreign-controlled trade associations?
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Questioning the definition of foreign interests in a committee discussion.

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