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James T. Callahan: I do know that the government of Vietnam is offering interest-free loans for people, which I think is in violation of…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2001
I do know that the government of Vietnam is offering interest-free loans for people, which I think is in violation of all of our agreements, is offering interest-free loans to people to start catfish farms, and if they want to do that and play on the same level playing field that we are playing on here in the United States, that is all right with me too.
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James T. Callahan
Oklahoma

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Discussing the Ex-Im Bank and Vietnam's interest-free loans for catfish farms.

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