[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 76 (Thursday, June 16, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: June 16, 1994]
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                     REAL THINGS FOR REAL AMERICANS

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, I was speaking to a constituent at a small 
town parade that we go to on occasion the other day, and I asked him 
what we should be doing in Washington, DC. And the one thing he said 
was, whatever you do, do something real for real people. This is a 
fellow who worked in the apple industry.
  I wanted to report that this administration is about on the verge of 
accomplishing something real for real people, and that is yesterday we 
received news that this administration, due to their efforts, after a 
20-year struggle, 20 years of trying to get apples into Japan, has 
finally reached the point where Japan is going to hold hearings on 
adopting a regulation to allow apples into Japan.
  What does that mean for real people? What it means is real jobs. It 
means that this trade ambassador, Mickey Kantor, and the folks who work 
with him, are about to accomplish something we have been working on for 
two decades. I am going to go home and report to my constituents that 
this administration is doing something real for real people.

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