[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TROUBLES IN CALIFORNIA NEED TO BE ADDRESSED

  (Mr. TUCKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I take the well this morning to stand and be 
counted. I take the well this morning to ask the President of the 
United States to also stand and be counted. For in my great State of 
California, we have troubles.
  Mr. Speaker, it was 2 years ago when I came to this House on the 
wings of riots and destruction, fires and earthquakes. Since then, we 
have had all kind of layoffs and cutbacks in aerospace.
  But now, Mr. Speaker, the most devastating thing that has happened is 
the Base Closure Commission has said that the Long Beach Shipyard and 
McClellan Air Base and other bases in California must bear additional 
burdens of other additional layoffs.
  Mr. Speaker, in my area of Long Beach, 3,000 additional jobs are 
going to be lost. It is time for the President of the United States to 
stand up and make good on the promise that he made to the people in 
California. We cannot lose 3,000 more jobs in Long Beach and 2,000 more 
jobs in Los Angeles County. The Rams have left, the Raiders are 
leaving. We have problems in California, and we need the President of 
the United States to stand up and be counted.

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