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SF No. 0258
Floor Session Date: Monday, February 19, 2001
Video Coverage: A resolution requesting a ban on the importation of certain steel products.
About the Bill:
A resolution was offered that addresses the current crisis in the domestic steel industry. Minnesota taconite companies are closing and cutting back on production resulting in major job loss and economic distress. The resolution requests that the federal government step up efforts to halt the importation of illegal steel to the United States. Senator David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm, authored Senate File 0258.

The bill passed the floor 60-1.