My grandfather came over from Czechoslovakia into the steel industry. He worked there for 53 years. Thousands upon thousands of steel workers are dependent upon the steel industry. My job as a US member of Congress is to leverage my office to make sure that we protect those jobs and industries. What's on the other end of these trade policies are people's livelihoods, their pensions, their health cares. (07:13–07:21)
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Asserts that it is his duty as a congressman to protect jobs and industries related to steel.
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