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On the recordSeptember 11, 1996
The other question I had--there were several others, as I went through it. I notice the distinguished Senator from North Dakota said, ``We encourage moving jobs abroad, and we ought to take that language out of the code.'' I have looked through the amendment. I do not find ``striking'' language, other than striking the end of the period and adding additional language. Is there a section of the code where we ``encourage moving jobs abroad?''
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Questioning a colleague's statement about job relocation in a legislative amendment.

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