After Okamoto Industries, a Japanese company, won a three-year contract to supply Michigan public health clinics with condoms, users complained that the condoms were too small, break easily, and come in only one color, blue. Republican State Rep. Beverly Bodem also complained about the impact on domestic industries. "She felt that if the state is going to purchase products for use, they should be from the state of Michigan," said Bodem spokesman Chris Higgins, "or at least from the U.S."

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