[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          NAFTA, 1 YEAR LATER

  (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, NAFTA, 1 year later. Thirty-six thousand 
Americans have filed claims with the Labor Department. They lost their 
jobs due to NAFTA. That is right, and the list goes on. Woolrich up in 
Pennsylvania and Colorado, they laid off 450 workers, moved to Mexico, 
hired workers at $1 an hour. You have Magnatech in Indiana and 
Michigan. They moved to Mexico.
  Tell me, Congress, how can American workers survive when American 
companies can move to Mexico, hire people at $1 an hour, have no IRS or 
EPA or OSHA to pay them a visit? Is it any wonder the American worker 
is fed up with Congress? A Congress that will take care of Russia, but 
forget about Rhode Island? A Congress that will take care of Kuwait, 
but forget about Kentucky? A Congress that will worry about Mexico and 
forget about Mississippi and Massachusetts?
  Is it any wonder, Congress? Think about the American worker for a 
change.


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