[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 22 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      WHERE ARE THE JOBS PROGRAMS?

  (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, the economists say that the economy is 
great. My question, Mr. Speaker: Are these economists smoking dope or 
what? Orange County is bankrupt. The District of Columbia is bankrupt. 
The trade deficit hit a record of $153 billion, and Americans keep 
getting pink slips.
  Listen to this from the State of Washington to Kansas to 
Philadelphia, Boeing just laid off 7,000 workers.
  Congress, it is jobs, living-wage jobs, and there is not a job 
program on the Republican side and there is not a job program on the 
Democrat side.
  If there is any consolation, Mr. Speaker, Burger King is hiring, and 
I never heard of anybody that committed suicide by jumping out of a 
basement window.

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