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Harry Reid: “The amendment which I will offer shortly deals with a very unique situation. We certainly control the building of…”

On the recordJune 13, 2000
The amendment which I will offer shortly deals with a very unique situation. We certainly control the building of computers in the United States. We are the great superpower. We are also the superpower of computer development. But in spite of that fact, about 60 percent of the computers manufactured in the United States are sold overseas. Only 40 percent of the computers manufactured in this great country are sold internally. The problem is there is now a provision requiring a 180-day review period to sell a computer, meaning that we are slowly but surely losing our ability to control the computer market.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of a 180-day review period on U.S. computer exports.

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