[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 27 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BRING OUR JOBS HOME

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, jobs keep leaving America on the fast 
track. Wrangler Jeans is laying off 3,000 workers and moving 12 
factories overseas. Apple Computer, they cut 1,500 jobs last year; they 
are cutting another 3,000 jobs this year. Shoemaker West is cutting 
1,000 jobs, moving 3 factories overseas, and now, under WTO, Costa Rica 
is challenging Uncle Sam over underwear. Unbelievable.
  American workers are not only losing their jobs, now they are about 
to lose their BVD's. It is getting so bad that in Longview, WA, a 
robber entered a grocery store wearing a pair of pink panties over his 
head. The police said they never saw anything like it.
  What is the surprise, Mr. Speaker? Jobs are getting so scarce in 
America today robbers cannot even buy pantyhose. I yield back the 
balance of all the lingerie and all the other problems. Beam me up, Mr. 
Speaker.

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