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Daniel Inouye: “I want to assure him and my colleagues that I strongly support the provisions of the Berry amendment and I am not…”

On the recordOctober 16, 2002
I want to assure him and my colleagues that I strongly support the provisions of the Berry amendment and I am not interested in supporting any legislative action that would harm our nation's specialty metal industry or its employees. The exemption of the Berry amendment for the Multi-Year Aircraft Leasing Program was a unique situation and I do not believe the multi-year leasing program should be the basis for any modification of the important aircraft-by-aircraft content requirements inherent in the Berry amendment.
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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

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Discussing support for the Berry amendment and its implications for the specialty metal industry.

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