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On the recordFebruary 8, 2021
I said, well, how is it free when we have to compete with the Communist government of China? That is not a free market.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

DeFazio critiques the idea of free markets while competing against subsidized Chinese shipbuilding.

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