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On the recordMay 23, 2000
Exactly. Here is another one. Laser printers with control and printer mechanisms, $88 million from China; zero from the United States. More scores here. Radio transceivers, $62 million from China; zero from the United States. Going on, fax machines, $35 million from China; zero purchased in the United States. And it goes on and on and on in this report where all of these jobs where China is being used as this export platform for all of this high-tech but the real thing that will get, I think, every American, listen to this. 2300 Turbo jet aircraft engines, $3.7 million from China, zero from the United States. Turbo prop aircraft engines, $1.5 million from China in 1999, zero from the United States. Radar designed for boat or ship installation, $1.5 million from China, $8,000 from the United States. Reception apparatus for radio, $1.3 million from China, zero from the United States. Then we get into the military. Listen to this. Parts of military airplanes and helicopters, we are buying this from China, almost a half a million dollars, zero sold from the United States. Parts of aircraft gas turbines, almost $1 million from China, zero from the United States. Binoculars, almost $1 million, zero from the United States. Rifles that eject missiles by release of air and gas, over $1 million, zero from the United States.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio

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Discussing U.S. imports from China and the impact on American jobs.

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