[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 72 (Friday, June 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 10, 1994]
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                      NAFTA IS WORKING FOR MEXICO

  (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, first the good news: Customs officials on 
the U.S.-Mexican border say trade is booming. After only 6 months of 
NAFTA, ladies and gentlemen, trade is literally jumping across the 
border. That is the good news.
  Now, the bad news: Mexican trade is booming. Mexican imports have 
increased 10 percent.
  Now, check this out: Sara Lee; we all know about Sara Lee, all the 
good food items, they are going to cut 8,000 jobs. They have a plant in 
Martinsville, VA, and a plant in Mexico. Martinsville versus Mexico.
  None of the jobs will be cut in Mexico, but people in Martinsville, 
VA, will be in unemployment lines.
  Ladies and gentleman, NAFTA is working all right. It is working for 
Mexico. I think Jesse Jackson was right on target. This is not NAFTA, 
this is SHAFTA.
  Think about it.

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