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John Yarmuth: So my question is to you, assuming--it is not easy to move a manufacturing company. Ford has almost a couple billion…

On the recordJune 18, 2014
So my question is to you, assuming--it is not easy to move a manufacturing company. Ford has almost a couple billion dollars invested in my district, in their two plants. They just can't pick up and leave even if the energy went up.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth argues that manufacturers are unlikely to relocate due to energy cost increases.

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