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Joe Wilson: “In a perfect world, the Export-Import Bank would not be needed, but unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world.”

On the recordMay 18, 2015
In a perfect world, the Export-Import Bank would not be needed, but unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Wilson acknowledges the necessity of the EXIM Bank despite ideal conditions.

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