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On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
Just a reminder, as my colleagues love to cite Smoot-Hawley and how that caused the Depression--and Senator Hatch did not exactly say that, I understand.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown references historical trade debates and the Smoot-Hawley Act's impact.

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