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On the recordJanuary 17, 2018
The time to modernize CFIUS is now, and we must not allow ourselves to be the frog in the pot of boiling water, so to speak.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn emphasizes the urgent need to update national security measures regarding foreign investment.

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