[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H694]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   OPPOSITION TO THE MEXICAN BAILOUT

  (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, I do not think Congress gets it yet. 
Eighty-one percent of the American people do not support bailing out 
Mexico because many of them are worried about losing their job, worried 
about losing their health insurance, worried about losing their 
pension, and worried about losing their homes.
  Mr. Speaker, I have a question to ask. When the steel mills closed in 
Ohio and Pennsylvania, where was Uncle Sam? When the farmers were 
losing their land in the eighties and farmers were literally committing 
suicide, where was Uncle Sam?
  The truth of the matter is the American people are not foolish. When 
people overseas are in trouble, Uncle Sam jumps in with all four feet, 
but when the American people are in trouble, Uncle Sam says ``Let Willy 
Nelson take care of it.'' I am opposed to this bailout.
  Let me say this, Mr. Speaker, While Congress is debating bailing out 
Mexico, the Federal Reserve is debating raising the interest rates on 
our people. Beam me up.


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