[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 182 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         NAFTA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT TO MEASURE AGREEMENT'S IMPACT

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, today my colleagues and I introduce the 
NAFTA Accountability Act of 1995 to stand up for the thousands and 
thousands of workers across our country who are being terminated.
  NAFTA promised our country a $12 billion trade surplus. This year we 
will rack up an historic $40 billion deficit with our two trading 
partners on the continent. NAFTA promised our people 200,000 new jobs.
  It has already cost us over 300,000 lost jobs: Like 3,200 workers at 
Fruit of the Loom in Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky, and North Carolina; 
like 200 workers at Emerson Electric in Indiana; like 120 workers at 
Alcatel Data Networks in New Jersey; like 127 workers at American 
Manufacturing Co. in Alabama; like 130 workers at Data Products in 
Georgia; like 220 workers at Woolrich, Inc. in Pennsylvania; like 340 
workers at Oxford Industries in Georgia; like 245 workers at Sara Lee 
in Georgia.
  Mr. Speaker, we will continue the list as the week moves on.

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