[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              AMERICA LOST IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, less than a week ago, we were 
celebrating Earth Day.
  Today our country's environmental laws are under assault not only by 
the Gingrich extremists in Congress but also in the World Trade 
Organization, the WTO.
  The United States lost yesterday in the WTO. The WTO said our Clean 
Air Act violates international trade laws--yes, the same Clean Air Act 
that we celebrated last week.
  But our environment wasn't the only loser in the WTO.
  Workers in America's refineries lost, too. Workers in places like 
Ohio and Pennsylvania and Louisiana lost because they will have to 
compete with dirty gas imports from Venezuela and Brazil.
   Mr. Speaker, America lost yesterday in the World Trade Organization. 
It was our first loss; unfortunately it will not be our last unless we 
repeal some of these trade agreements.

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