[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 30 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H818]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               AMERICA SOLD LOCK, STOCK, AND PORK BARREL

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, news reports say that China tried to 
influence and buy last year's Federal elections, including the 
Presidency. All of America is in an uproar. Newspapers are in shock and 
people are calling the talk shows on the radio and saying they believe 
America is for sale. Can you blame them?
  China gets most-favored-nation trade status but sells missiles to our 
enemies. Japan keeps raping our marketplace, approaching $70 billion in 
surpluses, and they keep denying our products. Mexico gets billions of 
dollars from us and they ship narcotics to our streets. And now 
American companies overseas are advertising in the newspaper for 
American workers to move overseas and get a good, livable wage job.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. America is not for sale. I think America has 
already been sold, and I think Congress should start looking into it. 
Sold, lock, stock, and pork barrel.

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