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Bernie Moreno: “We have plants all over America that are underutilized…”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Auto tariffs will 'restore' US manufacturing, GOP senator believes

Published | Video Starts at 03:38

We have a 6 million square foot manufacturing facility in Lordstown, Ohio that used to employ 10,000 UAW workers. It's completely, for the most part, empty. That thing can be turned on in a matter of a few months. We have plants all over America that are underutilized, either operating on one or two shifts that can go to a three shift model pretty quickly. We have some car companies that are making cars that aren't very popular. Car companies can come in and buy that excess production, but it can't be a fight. (03:38–03:47)

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Asserts that many American manufacturing plants are underutilized and can increase production quickly.

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