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On the recordMay 9, 2001
About $29 million in purchases, of which only about $4 million was domestic and the rest was procured overseas. We have succeeded to a large part in stopping the overseas procurement, but the gentlewoman had mentioned to me something to the effect that just this past week she lost several hundred jobs involved in the clothing industry; is that correct?
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Donald Manzullo
Illinois

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Discussing the impact of overseas procurement on domestic jobs in the clothing industry.

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