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Robert C. Byrd: “We cannot build ships out of fiber glass. We cannot build tanks out of fiber glass. And we cannot build armored vehicles…”

On the recordApril 21, 1983
We cannot build ships out of fiber glass. We cannot build tanks out of fiber glass. And we cannot build armored vehicles out of fiber glass.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Apr 21, 1983

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Arguing that the steel and coal industries are vital to national security and jobs.

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