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Chris Dodd: “If my colleague will yield, in chapter 2, page 73 of the Economic Report of the President--this was prepared by the…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2004
If my colleague will yield, in chapter 2, page 73 of the Economic Report of the President--this was prepared by the President's economic advisors--they raise the issue here as if it were a legitimate question. They say: The definition of a manufactured product, however, is not straightforward. When a fast food restaurant sells a hamburger, for example, is it providing a service or is it manufacturing a product? They think that is a legitimate question, that manufacturing a hamburger might actually be a manufacturing job. My colleague from Nevada is absolutely right to raise this point.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the definition of manufacturing in relation to fast food during a debate.

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