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James Traficant: “The Pentagon wants to buy combat ships from foreign shipbuilders. Now, if that is not enough to sink your rubber ducky…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2000
The Pentagon wants to buy combat ships from foreign shipbuilders. Now, if that is not enough to sink your rubber ducky, check this out: we give billions to Russia and billions to China in tax breaks, and, even though the American worker builds the best ships in the world, the Pentagon now wants to buy ships from Russia and China. Beam me up. Who is running the Pentagon, Monte Hall? I think it is time to tell the Pentagon that we can hire generals and admirals a hell of a lot cheaper from Korea too. I yield back the fact that American jobs are literally being shipped overseas.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Criticizing the Pentagon's decision to purchase combat ships from foreign builders.

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