07/31/2012
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"The richest one-fifth of Americans are reported to own 84 percent of the wealth of this country."
"Even the Washington Post editorial board... says that a bill that grants Russia trade preferences and removes human rights conditions hardly seems the right response to Mr. Putin's recent behavior."
"I believe for a number of years that we needed to move forward with Russia entering the WTO and with the repeal of Jackson-Vanik."
"We know that the Russians' main interest in trade of late appears to have been forwarding weapons to the Assad government in Syria."