[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 80 (Wednesday, June 22, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: June 22, 1994]
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THE CONGRESS MUST SUPPORT THE RETENTION AND EXPANSION OF THE U.S. LABOR 
                             ATTACHE CORPS

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                       HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR.

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 22, 1994

  Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, I am joined by several of my 
distinguished colleagues today in sponsoring an overdue concurrent 
resolution to recognize and applaud the tremendous contributions that 
the U.S. Labor Attache Corps has made since its establishment in 1943. 
Furthermore, we firmly believe that the corps is needed now more than 
ever given the accelerating integration of the global economy.
  Certainly the NAFTA and GATT debates most recently have brought into 
focus that issues affecting the needs and aspirations of working people 
at home and abroad are converging as issues of capital mobility, 
technology transfer, and property rights transcend national borders and 
regulation.
  A revitalized U.S. Labor Attache Corps with a newly revised mandate 
will provide great insights and practical guidance in the post-cold-war 
era to government, business, and labor leaders everywhere on how to 
better manage global economic integration to the benefit of working 
people as well as financiers and corporate managers. But this new 
struggle first must be joined with a salute to what the corps' past 
achievements as well as a strong showing of congressional support for 
its current assignments and newly defined future missions in the 1990's 
and beyond.
  I hope my colleagues will read this concurrent resolution carefully 
in order that we may refresh our institutional memory of the origins of 
the corps and its historic achievements. At the same time, this 
legislation also seeks to enhance understanding of the corps' unique 
niche in policymaking and the very important contributions it can make 
in the post-cold-war era.

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