SEVERAL lawmakers on Monday sought a congressional investigation of the reported smuggling and proliferation of substandard steel products in the local market to determine those behind the anomalies.

Agusan del Norte Rep. Lawrence Lemuel Fortun filed House Resolution 379, which called on the House Committee on Trade and Industry to immediately conduct an inquiry amid fears that substandard steel could be used in the reconstruction of buildings damaged by earthquakes in Mindanao.

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