10/19/2009
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"This story underscores what this hearing is about: in a globalized economy Madam Chairman if we don't create the competitive conditions to keep manufacturing like this in the United States, well capit..."
"you understand how government has a role in making sure we remain competitive."
"It's costing American jobs. So what we would ask is, again, if you can pressure DHS and just say, 'Get the rule done.'"
"This is an industry that means 10 million jobs $1.3 trillion in total economic activity, and 5.2 percent of the gross domestic product for our economy in 2009 alone, the last year we have data to meas..."