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Tom Rice: But what has our country done? You know, where our country fails to recognize, we argue about, you know, maintaining…

On the recordMay 17, 2017
But what has our country done? You know, where our country fails to recognize, we argue about, you know, maintaining this level of revenue or that or how these benefits are going to be disbursed through society, but the fact that we have got to recognize is we are in a global competition.
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Tom Rice
Republican · South Carolina

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Tom Rice emphasizes the need for the U.S. to recognize global economic competition.

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