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Sherrod Brown: “Confirming Mr. Garrett as President of Ex-Im would be like putting an arsonist in charge of the Fire Department.”

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
Confirming Mr. Garrett as President of Ex-Im would be like putting an arsonist in charge of the Fire Department.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Brown criticizes Garrett's nomination to lead the Ex-Im Bank, calling it dangerous.

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