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

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, this vote on GATT has nothing to do with 
the November election or with Bill Clinton. It is not about Democrats 
or Republicans or who is in and who is out, about whether textiles or 
dairy products got the short end of the stick or whether the WTO is 
much too intrusive. This vote is about America's standing in the world, 
whether we are going to lead internationally or whether we are going to 
put our heads in the sand and retrench.
  Mr. Speaker, this message that we heard on November 8 will be 
ratified today. Are we prepared as a Nation to end gridlock and end 
politics and do the responsible thing?
  Mr. Speaker, GATT is not perfect and it will not resolve all our 
trade disputes. But it will put more money in consumers' pockets. It 
will create some jobs. It will make sure that all nations do not cheat 
on each other.
  Mr. Speaker, let us make the first vote after the election a good and 
responsible one.

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