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On the recordSeptember 13, 2023
I am highly concerned if Congress all of a sudden inserts itself into a process of saying, we are going to identify a U.S. business that we are going to say it so iconic that no foreign government or, we are going to say who can and cannot invest.
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Lester Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson expresses concern about Congress interfering in foreign investments.

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