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Thad Cochran: “I don't want to continue to subscribe to this Russian engine any longer than we have to, but I think it is shortsighted…”

On the recordApril 19, 2016
I don't want to continue to subscribe to this Russian engine any longer than we have to, but I think it is shortsighted for us to just say, as some in the authorizing committee have said, 'We're cutting them off cold turkey. We're finished with them.'
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Cochran discusses the importance of a transition to American-made engines instead of abrupt cuts.

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