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Robert C. Byrd: “We cannot have airplane engines, we cannot have medical stainless steel instruments, we cannot have jet engines, we…”

On the recordAugust 9, 1986
We cannot have airplane engines, we cannot have medical stainless steel instruments, we cannot have jet engines, we cannot have missiles, we cannot have tanks and guns and submarines if we don't have the ferroalloys.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Aug 9, 1986

Editor's note · Context

Debating trade law and national security reviews for the ferroalloys industry.

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