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Chris Deluzio: “We see national security risks here and we're going to keep…”

Featuring: Chris Deluzio, Democratic | U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 17

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Pittsburgh steel worker to attend joint Congress session as guest of Rep. Chris Deluzio

Published | Video Starts at 00:33

However, Japan's prime minister will also speak to a joint session of Congress tomorrow and there's bipartisan concern about the proposed takeover in the House and Senate. We see national security risks here and we're going to keep the public drop beat up to make sure that there's no deal that happens that puts at risk western Pennsylvania jobs or domestic control of steelmaking, something we need for defense and so many other purposes. Congressman Chris D'Aluzzio of Aspinwall says he'll have a U.S. steel employee from Penn Hills as his guest at the joint session. (00:33–00:51)

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Asserts that there are national security risks in the proposed takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel, which could threaten Western Pennsylvania jobs and domestic control of steelmaking.

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