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On the recordJuly 29, 1999
It would hurt U.S. jobs, because when we have the inability to transfer our technology, to transfer our American interest to foreign countries, those jobs are going to go to other countries.
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Jo Bonner
Alabama

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Concerns about job losses due to the amendment.

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