[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 15, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 15, 1994]
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         NAFTA: GOOD FOR MEXICO, BAD FOR UNITED STATES WORKERS

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the good news is that 4,200 American 
workers have qualified for benefits under NAFTA. The bad news is that 
all 4,200 jobs have moved to Mexico. All their jobs have moved to 
Mexico, folks.
  Mexican workers get jobs under NAFTA, American workers get 
unemployment checks and job retraining, with the average wage to be $8 
an hour and no benefits. And what jobs are they, folks? Corncob pipe 
assembler, gizzard skin remover, brassiere cup molder cutter, pantyhose 
crotch closer, on and on and on. The truth is it is a mediocre program, 
it is a mediocre law, it is mediocre wages, and it is mediocre jobs, 
and Congress has turned into the biggest unemployment agency in the 
entire world. Americans want welfare reform yesterday.

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