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Gary Peters: “The substantial congestion that we are currently seeing in our Nation's ports is contributing... to delays and problems…”

On the recordOctober 19, 2021
The substantial congestion that we are currently seeing in our Nation's ports is contributing... to delays and problems for them in their supply chain.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters highlights port congestion's negative effects on small businesses and the auto industry.

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