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On the recordSeptember 30, 2013
I have gone way over my time and I apologize. You probably didn't notice, but I said in my opening statement that we are facing competition that we never had before because for many, many years so many other countries were following Socialist and Communist governments and were very weak economically.
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · South Carolina

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Duncan discusses increased global competition due to economic changes in formerly weak countries.

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