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Joe Manchin: “It would seem to me that it would behoove our country to take a position that we are going to produce so much…”

On the recordDecember 4, 2017
It would seem to me that it would behoove our country to take a position that we are going to produce so much domestically, knowing that we can, just for the defense of our own nation, for the security of our nation.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin emphasizes the need for domestic production for national security.

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