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Phil Hare: “Well, I'm a new Member here, but I ran on this whole issue of trade and fair trade, as you know. And you look at this…”

On the recordJune 19, 2008
Well, I'm a new Member here, but I ran on this whole issue of trade and fair trade, as you know. And you look at this, and here is a company--and I don't mean to be picking on them this evening, but facts really are facts, so let's see if we can get this straight. Here's a company who is in violation of trade laws, who was about to receive a $40 billion contract that would have cost us thousands of jobs to build a tanker that can't land at some airports.
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Phil Hare
Illinois

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Addressing trade laws and a specific company's contract during a floor speech.

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