[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 3, 1994]
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                    JOBS--THE REAL FOUR-LETTER WORD

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, think-tank experts say the economy is 
getting strong. Let us check this out.
  Armco cut 1,000 jobs; Apple cut 2,500 jobs; General Electric dropped 
5,000 workers.
  At Builders Emporium, 4,900 lost their jobs; AT&T dropped 4,000; at 
Johnson & Johnson, 3,000 lost their jobs; at Delta, 3,000; and at 
Continental, 3,000.
  At United Technologies, 11,000 lost their jobs; at McDonnell-Douglas, 
9,000; Boeing, 2,400; at IBM, 3,500; at General Motors, 50,000; at 
Sears, 50,000; and at Kodak & Eastman, 400,000.
  I have one question, Mr. Speaker. If this is all happening and all 
these jobs are being created, who is doing the hiring? Dr. Kevorkian? 
Ronald McDonald? I think it is Uncle Sam.
  I would like to say one thing about these experts, Mr. Speaker. I 
think none of these experts ever stood in an unemployment line.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for Congress to deal with the real four-
letter word--jobs.

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