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Alan B. Mollohan: “We have had, in the last 3 years, 19 steel companies go bankrupt. That is sobering. Nineteen steel companies in this…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2001
We have had, in the last 3 years, 19 steel companies go bankrupt. That is sobering. Nineteen steel companies in this country. We have had 23,000 steelworkers, real jobs for real people, laid off. This is here and now.
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Alan B. Mollohan
West Virginia

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Discussing the impact of bankruptcies in the steel industry and job losses among steelworkers.

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