Paul Tonko actually said...

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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Tonko expresses concern over job loss and offshoring of innovations.

12/04/2012

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