[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 40 (Thursday, April 14, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 14, 1994]
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                      GATT MEANS JOBS FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. REGULA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the GATT task forces, joined 
together in introducing bipartisan legislation to implement the Uruguay 
round of the GATT.
  On Friday, April 15, the United States will sign the GATT agreement 
after 7 years of difficult negotiations. Negotiated between 116 nations 
it covers most of the world's economic activity. The pact will generate 
over $5 trillion in new world trade over the next 10 years.
  Although encouraging these promises mean nothing unless effectively 
implemented through legislation by the U.S. Congress.
  The nucleus of our measure is 16 antidumping and subsidy proposals 
developed to be the minimum necessary requirement of U.S. domestic 
producers. The bill's goal of effective trade laws has brought together 
such diverse interests as labor, semiconductors, bearings, steel, 
autos, auto parts, cement, coal, cut flowers, and others, into an 
alliance that represents most of the manufacturing capacity within the 
United States.
  The legislation is a joining of hands between east and west, high 
technology and basic manufacturing, management and labor. It is the sum 
total of what is most important to America's manufacturers and American 
jobs.
  I urge each of you to join us in cosponsoring this pro-U.S. package 
which means jobs for Americans.

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