[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 20, 1994]
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      GATT REGULATIONS SHOULD NOT SUPERCEDE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

  (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, one bill can turn back the clock and 
reverse American law. It is called GATT; that is right, GATT. Under 
GATT, America's environmental laws can be challenged and reversed, and 
America's consumer laws can be challenged and reversed. In fact, under 
GATT foreign judges will decide if America's trade laws are legal. 
Unbelievable. Thomas Jefferson is literally rolling over in his grave.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not about GATT, this is not about trade, this is 
about sovereignty. Any Congress that would allow the World Trade 
Organization to supercede or sit in judgment of the Constitution of 
these United States should be impeached. This is unbelievable to me. 
Think about it.

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