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On the recordSeptember 14, 2023
We cannot let future mobility be dictated to us by foreign competitors when we put the world on wheels. I love my Republican colleagues, and they know that I do, but we couldn't get the defense bill this week so we are playing this game with the livelihood of my constituents, the autoworkers in my district. I am not going to let these cars be built in China. I am not going to let them be built anywhere but in America, and that means we have to compete. I will fight for them every single day, and I am not going to stop. This bill is not good for the American automobile industry, and I urge my colleagues to oppose the legislation.
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Debbie Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

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