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Paul Tonko: It is bad enough that we have lost jobs when firms offshore production and move out of our communities; the idea that…

On the recordDecember 4, 2012
It is bad enough that we have lost jobs when firms offshore production and move out of our communities; the idea that they would exchange taxpayer supported innovations for market access, however reluctantly, is very disturbing to me.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko expresses concern over job loss and offshoring of innovations.

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