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Elissa Slotkin: “They stole the IP, they made these very cheap drones. They…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Fox 2 Detroit: Slotkin's Bipartisan Bill to Ban Chinese Vehicles Advances in Senate

Published | Video Starts at 04:14

It's just to say that, you know, we're not going to let them come in and kind of put this time bomb in Michigan just like they did, for instance, with drones. They stole the IP, they made these very cheap drones. They subsidized the heck out of them, put every American drone company out of business. every single one. So that, to me is. We're not going to do that on cars. Senator, we have a minute left here, and I want to spend that minute talking about the Gordie Howe International Bridge, if we can. (04:14–04:23)

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Asserts that Chinese companies stole IP and subsidized drones, putting American drone companies out of business.

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