[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CHINA MFN MEANS DEATH OF AMERICAN JOBS

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, Members of this body will soon be 
asked to vote on most-favored-nation trading status for China.
  Mr. Speaker, this softball, this Barbie doll, and this figurine from 
``Beauty and the Beast,'' are all manufactured in China with cheap 
labor, maybe by prison labor, maybe by child labor. Children in China 
making ``Beauty and the Beast'' figurines, children in China making 
Barbie dolls for children in America, 12-year-olds in China making 
softballs for 12-year-olds in America.
  China has run up a huge trade surplus with the United States. By the 
U.S. Commerce Department's own calculation, that surplus will cost 
hundreds of thousands of American jobs. This deficit is growing every 
month and soon will exceed Japan's. The result is the death of American 
jobs. Hardship for American families, distress in American communities.
  Mr. Speaker, China does not play by the rules. Children in China 
making softballs and Barbie dolls for children in America. Kill MFN.

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