[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SAY ``NO'' TO FAST TRACK

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, the full court corporate press for fast 
track legislation is on. The USA NAFTA captains are back. Remember 
these folks, colleagues? These are the same corporate CEO's that came 
here and promised NAFTA would be a boon for American workers. We would 
run trade surpluses with Mexico. Our people would be in full 
employment.
  Guess what? These same folks are back. Their salaries are up 
dramatically, their profits are up, but 43 percent of them have laid 
off American workers. They have moved the jobs to Mexico. Twenty 
percent of them are documented for threatening their workers with 
moving their jobs to Mexico unless they accept lower wages, but for us, 
is it not wonderful? Twenty percent of them are also in the top givers 
of soft money to politicians.
  They are here now in the back rooms and trying to get into your 
offices. Say no to the corporate money. Say yes to the American 
workers. Say no to fast track, no, no, no.

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