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John Cornyn: “I urge my colleagues to support the Cornyn amendment. This is a transparency amendment. It just gives the American…”

On the recordJune 9, 2010
I urge my colleagues to support the Cornyn amendment. This is a transparency amendment. It just gives the American people and Congress the information we need in order to make a determination of whether Third World countries owning our debt poses a national security or a financial risk to the United States. I ask for your support.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas
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govinfo.gov
Jun 9, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Cornyn is advocating for an amendment aimed at increasing transparency regarding foreign ownership of U.S. debt.

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