On the recordMay 16, 2000
We will be participating in building a facility in Italy that will be covered by Italian law that will limit all contractors to be Italians. My language is not restrictive. All it says is, abide by our buy American law and if anybody has been convicted of having violated it, they cannot, in fact, receive contracts under this bill. Now, to the best of my knowledge, there is no one at this point that has violated it but it begins to set a precedent for those to understand that one shall not violate the Buy American Act even though I believe it should be stronger, but they shall not violate it under any circumstances.
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