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David Roe: “I found it hypocritical that when we developed the USMCA, that we had people on this committee right here insist that…”

On the recordJune 25, 2019
I found it hypocritical that when we developed the USMCA, that we had people on this committee right here insist that part of the MCA agreement that workers in Mexico had a right to a secret ballot, which I totally agree with, but we are trying to take that right away from an American citizen.
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David Roe
Republican · Vermont

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Roe criticizes the inconsistency in supporting secret ballots for foreign workers but not for Americans.

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