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On the recordApril 16, 2018
if we want to preserve our way of life, our democracy, our quality of life, an island of 25, 30 million people with 1.5 billion people staring them across the Strait, you don't needlessly provoke them.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly discusses the need for caution in Taiwan's relations with China.

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