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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Reducing global poverty is not a matter of altruism, though it would be the right thing to do even if it brought us no direct benefits.
Said by
Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul emphasizes that reducing global poverty benefits both the U.S. and other countries.

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