They didn't have safe working conditions. They didn't have environmental standards. And, yeah, people thought, oh, maybe it's a little cheaper. But you know what? It hurt working men and women everywhere. It took the pandemic for people to understand what we had done to this country, how much we had shipped overseas. And it's not only economic security, it is national security. So when we couldn't even get masks and gloves and gowns in this country, they were all being made in China. (12:59–13:09)
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