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Jeanne Shaheen: I was at a company in New Hampshire last week that does ball bearings for the aerospace industry. They told me that…

On the recordApril 26, 2025
I was at a company in New Hampshire last week that does ball bearings for the aerospace industry. They told me that because of the tariffs on steel, that what used to take them 20 weeks to get steel. They're now having a two and a half year backlog that puts a real strain on our Department of Defense.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen highlights the impact of steel tariffs on defense supply chains.

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