[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10644]
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                                TOURISM

  (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, I am proud as can be today, as chairman of the 
Travel and Tourism Caucus, to announce that as of last Friday, we had 
our 300th Member sign up as member of the Travel and Tourism Caucus. 
This is a most propitious time, because a week from today we are going 
to have the White House Conference on Tourism.
  As my colleague, the gentleman from Ohio, Paul Gillmor, representing 
the Fourth District, who became our 300th member knows, if you want to 
have jobs in America, then you have to be in sync with travel and 
tourism. It is the second largest employer in America. Travel and 
tourism employs 11 million people That is why I am so delighted to 
point out today that the largest caucus in the Congress it the Travel 
and Tourism Caucus.
  Next week we are going to have 1,700 people from all over America, 
every congressional district in America, will be converging on 
Washington for the White House conference on travel and tourism. From 
this conference, we are going to develop a strategy for the 21st 
century, because, as Nesbitt points out in his most recent book, in the 
21st century travel and tourism is going to be the key to economic 
success.
  In my district alone, Mr. Speaker, we have some $700 million coming 
in from tourism. We have 302 members today. There is room for more. 
Please come and join.

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