On the recordSeptember 3, 1997
The amendment says that, ``Look, we give you that money. If you produce a product in your country and you need some farm equipment and you have farm equipment, go ahead and buy from your own people. But when you do not produce a product and you have to go outside your country to make a purchase and you're using American taxpayer dollars,'' this amendment says to purchase items made in America unless they would be so prohibitively costly it would negate the purpose of our foreign aid to this country in the first place. I believe that it is absolute madness that we continue to write checks and give money away and then they take our money and buy products from other countries. It makes no sense.
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