The point is there is no good answer. And so we as Democrats have to look at--we have to scour the law, all of our laws, and look at Buy American provisions and make sure there are no loopholes like these that allow our tax dollars to create jobs in other countries. It's not just China. There are T-shirts, I think it was, made in Honduras and so forth.
Speaker Schauer addresses the need to close loopholes in Buy American provisions.
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