[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H1376-H1377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    INTRODUCTION OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM LEGISLATION TO BE FORTHCOMING

  (Mr. ROTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute, and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, we in Congress need to give additional 
attention to the American travel and tourism industry. Do Members know 
that travel 
[[Page H1377]] and tourism creates a $63 billion business, and that it 
is the Nation's second largest employer?
  Last year in Wisconsin, for example, tourism brought in some $6 
billion. That is more than $17 million a day, and it creates jobs for 
some 128,000 workers. In my district, people vacationing or traveling 
for business spent $700 million and created 18,000 new jobs. And that 
is true of just about every single congressional district in America.
  Restaurants, hotels, service stations, gift shops, rental services, 
and taverns all rely on the tourism dollar. We in Congress need to 
recognize this industry for the jobs and prosperity it creates.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the Members to call my office to sign on as 
original cosponsors on far-reaching travel and tourism legislation that 
I will be introducing.


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