[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 29, 1994)]
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                             THE GREAT GATT

  (Mr. GEKAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, what can the great GATT be? Is it the name of 
an award-winning motion picture, or is it the issue of the day that we 
must resolve here in the House of Representatives? What can the great 
GATT be? It has to be the single most important vote cast in the 103d 
Congress and it happens to come on the last day.
  What can the great GATT be in its meaning to our constituents? Our 
constituents do not want to talk about the General Agreement on Trade 
and Tariffs. They want to know what implication does it have on jobs, 
on commerce, on business opportunities, on expansion of the economy, on 
economy development.
  On all those questions, I have affirmative answers in Pennsylvania, 
and what is good in my district is good in Pennsylvania and what is 
good for Pennsylvania is good for the United States. I will vote in 
favor of GATT.
  What can the GATT be? It can be the cornerstone of the prosperity for 
which we all yearn.

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