After the COVID gowns over the last couple of years, you all felt the impact of the semiconductor chip shortage. When I started in the auto industry, okay? So I'm seasoned. I'm not old. But It wasn't that long ago we were making more than 40% of those chips in this country. Now that number is less than than 12%. You saw what happened. Unfinished vehicles were parked by the thousands in lots meant to hold finished cars. Workers, many of you were laid off. (14:19–14:24)
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