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Derrick Van Orden: “Right now we are essentially feeding Nazi Germany in 1938…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Questions Witnesses on Chinese Threat to US Agriculture in Ag Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 05:18

Well. And bringing it up to. You want to talk about China today on that or. Well, you want to talk about. I want to highlight the fact that Right now we are essentially feeding Nazi Germany in 1938... with China. And do you think that that's an appropriate use of American resources? Would it have been then and is it now with China? Because that's where we're at with China. (05:18–05:30)

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Compares current U.S. trade with China to pre-WWII trade with Nazi Germany, implying it is strategically unwise.

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