[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 40 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1296]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      JOBS FOR OTHER COUNTRIES; ROTTEN ILLEGAL BERRIES FOR AMERICA

  (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, schoolchildren in Michigan got sick 
eating strawberries that were tainted with the hepatitis A virus. Now 
if that is not enough to sour your shortcake, check this out.
  The strawberries were illegally imported from Mexico and sold to the 
school lunch program in violation of buy America laws. Unbelievable, 
huh? It never stops, and no one seems to care. Military boots from 
China, cars from Japan, beef from Australia, telephones from Singapore.
  Mr. Speaker, it is all called the New World order, and here is how it 
works: Jobs for China, jobs for Australia, jobs for Japan, jobs for 
Mexico, and berries for America, rotten, illegal berries for America.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. It is time to put a few straw bosses in jail 
and mandate country of origin labels on all food products.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of any further disease.

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