[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    LEAVE THE AMERICAN WORKERS ALONE

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, General Motors is on strike; some people 
are blaming the workers. Let us get off it. It is not about blame 
anyway. It is about jobs and outsourcing. The fact is, companies keep 
killing good paying jobs by buying products outside their company from 
nonunion, low-wage companies that pay no benefits.
  Enough is enough. When Zenith moved to Mexico, did they drop the 
prices of their televisions? When Smith Corona moved to Mexico, did the 
cut the prices of their typewriters? The truth is, American workers 
have been trapped between GATT and NAFTA, imports and outsources. It is 
time, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for workers to take a stand. If 
not now, when, and if not outsourcing, what is it?
  Now, General Motors wants to make some cuts. They could hire some of 
those high paid executive a whole hell of a lot cheaper from China. 
Think about that and leave the American workers alone.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of all that unemployment.

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