[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 61 (Monday, April 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          CONGRESS MUST REGULATE COMMERCE WITH FOREIGN NATIONS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Check this out, you promise keepers: The dollar, once 
valued at 234 yen has joined the Titanic; it is down to 86 yen.
  Now check this out: All of these think tank impresarios and all of 
these economic gurus told Congress if you want to fix the trade 
problem, drive down the value of the dollar. It is so low it could walk 
under a closed door with a top hat on, and in Detroit the deficit keeps 
growing. It is not the budget deficit, it is not rescissions, it is not 
tax cuts.
  Japan has cleaned our clock on illegal trade for years. We are in a 
trade war. Is America afraid to fight? This is war.
  Why do we not regulate commerce with foreign nations like the 
Constitution charges us, Congress, and then maybe we will keep a few 
promises with working Americans.
  I hope those gurus are in some economic unemployment line somewhere 
in the country.


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