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September 21, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. (10th CD), issued the following news release:

Rick Larsen and Mark Kirk are swimming against the congressional current. In a House of Representatives where many lawmakers are suspicious of China's mounting economic and military power, they advocate engagement.

Kirk, an Illinois Republican, and Larsen, a Washington Democrat, have backed up their advocacy by heading the 59-member U.S.-China Working Group. Since starting the caucus in 2005, they've sought to illuminate issues affecting relations ranging from the value of the yuan to tainted pet food.

Larsen and Kirk have organized trips to China and set up meetings between lawmakers and officials ...

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