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The American consumer is also the American worker, and if we don't do something to protect our manufacturing base here at home, it is going to be hard to buy any retail goods.

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Lindsey Graham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 9
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I've been elected numerous times in South Carolina. If I'm on the ballot, I'm going to win South Carolina.
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