It's one slow boat to China that the South Norfolk MP would like to avoid for if manufacturing moves there, up to 1, 200 people could lose their job here.

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After tens of thousands of ocean miles, very little has been able to slow this boat down, or Mike Horn for that matter.

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"The federal government is a slow-moving boat and the people that initiate the process for getting proposals out to vendors - well, put it this way - they could use a really good training video!"

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