[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 21, 1994]
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                           GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS

  (Mr. KLINK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KLINK. Mr. Speaker, a friend of mine, a Republican from 
Westmoreland County, was telling me just a few weeks ago, ``We got to 
get rid of this administration.'' He works at Kennametal in Latrobe. He 
said:

       Ever since this administration came into office, I can't 
     get a day off. We're working three straight shifts every day, 
     and we're adding new employees.

  Well, some of the other success stories in southwestern Pennsylvania 
include J&L Structural Steel in Aliquippa. They are going to add 100 
new jobs in the next 2 years. This is an area where during the Reagan 
administration we lost 13,000 jobs on the same site. Koppel Steel on 
average is going to add 71 new jobs by April of 1995. World Class 
Processing in Ambridge has added a fourth shift to meet their demand. 
In Jeannette, Pennsylvania, GenCorp Polymer Products and Event Horizon 
Software are both hiring.
  Things are starting to look up in the job market, Mr. Speaker. It is 
in no small part due to the economic plan that Congress passed last 
year. I remind my colleagues that a lot of the same people who told us 
that we were going to have horrendous times if and when that plan 
passed are the same people telling us today that this health care 
reform is going to kill us. I do not think, Mr. Speaker, they have any 
credibility whatsoever.

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