[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 54 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONGRESS TURNS BACK ON GROWING TRADE DEFICIT

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. January's trade deficit hit a record $12.3 billion, 
ladies and gentlemen.
  This is absurd. Everyone in this body knows Japan rips us off. Mexico 
and China literally have slave labor wages. And Congress debates 
welfare. Congress debates budgets. Congress turns its back on the trade 
deficit.
  Ladies and gentlemen, the Congress of the United States has betrayed 
the American worker. Harry Truman is rolling over in his grave.
  I have never had one constituent ask me for welfare. My constituents 
want a job. It is a sad day in America when Congress turns its back and 
allows White House after White House to make false threats and do 
absolutely nothing.
  Shame, Congress. Jobs is a 4-letter word but it is not a dirty word 
and it is time we start digging into it.

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