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Don Nickles: “There is a major automotive company called Chrysler that recently merged--or you could say was acquired by Daimler, a…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2002
There is a major automotive company called Chrysler that recently merged--or you could say was acquired by Daimler, a German company. They are headquartered now in Germany and domiciled in Bermuda. I am guessing; I don't know. If my memory serves me correctly, Chrysler used to make tanks, or used to make military equipment. They wouldn't be covered by this because the effective date is beginning January 1. But the theory is, if the effective date was earlier, they would be prohibited from making tanks or providing goods and services that maybe they provided for a long time. In other words, they might be providing an essential component to our national defense, and those thousands of employees who might be employed making products for national defense would find themselves unemployed.
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma

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Discussing the implications of a merger between Chrysler and Daimler on national defense production.

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