[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 76 (Thursday, June 16, 1994)]
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                            AUTO PARTS NO. 3

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I would like to say to America's Trade 
Ambassador, Mickey Kantor, ``Don't trade our manufacturing jobs to 
Japan for apples and oranges.''
  Fourteen years ago, our country tried to pry open Japan's market to 
our automotive goods. During the Reagan administration, then-Commerce 
Under Secretary Lionel Olmer, stated that the United States ``Encourage 
purchase of U.S.-made automotive goods by Japanese automotive 
companies.'' Nothing happened.
  During the Bush administration, Secretary Robert Mosbacher was quoted 
as saying, ``The price differences borne out by a departmental study 
paints a picture of a noncompetitive Japanese auto parts market, one 
which imposes a severe burden on foreign manufacturers where they 
cannot gain access.''
  Nothing happened, after tedious negotiations. And now the Trade 
Ambassador, Mickey Kantor, says, last week, ``It would be immature to 
become so impatient about Japan.''
  Well, I would say to the Trade Ambassador, three administrations have 
not been able to open up that market. It is time to get tough with 
Japan. Let us set some definite goals. Let us get some results and not 
trade off our manufacturing jobs for agriculture again.

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