Political Quotes

On the recordApril 21, 2013
We do not want to educate them in our finest universities and they go back to the country of origin and open up businesses against us.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Graham advocates for retaining foreign graduates in the U.S. workforce.

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