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On the recordApril 28, 2010
I commend the gentlemen from North Carolina and from Maine for offering the amendment and support it. The general rule under the law is that the Defense Department must buy goods and services made in the United States. There's an exception to that rule which deals with vouchers, essentially, where if there's a voucher given to a servicemember to buy certain goods, there's an exception to that. The gentlemen who are offering this amendment are interested in finding out whether that exception could be accomplished in a way that would protect the choice and quality for the servicemembers while promoting the purchase of American goods and services. I think that inquiring into that is entirely appropriate.
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Rob Andrews
Democratic · New Jersey

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The speaker supports an amendment regarding the Defense Department's purchasing rules and the use of vouchers for servicemembers.

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