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Chris Murphy: “We saw how exposed we were during the pandemic when our…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Katie's One-on-One with Senator Chris Murphy

Published | Video Starts at 56:24

Pride comes from the manufacture of goods. We feel better when we're making things locally and we're buying things from companies that are local, but also for national security reasons. We saw how exposed we were during the pandemic when our supply chains for key medical goods were outside of the United States, sometimes in China. a country that may not always wish us well. So what I would argue is that, you know, we don't seek to bring every good back to the United States … (56:24–56:33)

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Asserts that during the pandemic, U.S. supply chains for key medical goods were outside the U.S., including China.

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