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David McCormick: “The involvement of the government should only take place…”

Featuring: David McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Industry, Security, and Community: Senator David McCormick on the Nippon Steel–U.S. Steel Deal

Published | Video Starts at 24:11

We may debate on this or that, but this should transcend political party in terms of how we can. Because we can't have the ups and downs every three or four years or whatever it is. I think that The involvement of the government should only take place when one of two conditions is in place. One, the national security implications are clear and meaningful. Now that's getting harder because national security technology and commercial technology are converging. So is satellite technology military, or is that civilian? What's both? Is AI military, civilian? What's both? (24:11–24:26)

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Asserts that government involvement in private enterprise should occur only when national security implications are clear and meaningful.

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