[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 103 (Monday, August 1, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 1, 1994]


 
                   IF YOU WANT TO PLAY, YOU GOTTA PAY

  (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, for years America has made threats, 
threats, threats, threats on trade with Japan, illegal trade. Our trade 
reps have made more threats than the World Wrestling Federation in all 
of their wrestlers combined. But our Presidents have too.
  President Nixon threatened to send over plumbers, President Ford 
threatened to send over the University of Michigan football team, 
President Carter threatened to send over some sort of a peanut monster.
  President Reagan, he threatened to send over Ollie North. President 
Bush, he not only threatened, he got so sick of it he threw up over 
there.
  The truth of the matter is these are not threats, ladies and 
gentlemen. They have amounted to cerebral constipation, and they stink. 
Japan is still ripping us off big time, and it is time for President 
Clinton to act.
  Now, he said he is sending over a 60-day notice. I think 
that notice should be delivered by Arnold Schwarzeneggar, 
not Barney Fife. It is time to tell Japan, ladies and gentlemen, the 
party is over. If you want to play, you gotta pay. You can't keep 
ripping off American workers.

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