[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10109-H10110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TOP 10 REASONS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OPPOSE FAST TRACK

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, as intensity builds toward tomorrow's 
historic vote on fast track, I am gratified to stand here and inform my 
colleagues that, within the hour, they will have a suitable-for-framing 
``Dear Colleague'' in their office which outlines the top 10 reasons 
Members of Congress oppose fast track. They come from our home office 
in Eugene, OR.
  Reason No. 10 the Members oppose fast track: Trade must kill jobs. We 
still have 4.9 percent unemployment.
  Reason No. 9: Smoot and Hawley got a bum wrap.
  Reason No. 8, two words: Black helicopters.

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  Reason No. 7: Wall Street could use a total meltdown of Asian stock 
markets.
  Reason No. 6: Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan agree. Can they both be 
wrong?
  Reason No. 5: Fast track does not let United States Congress set the 
minimum wage in Portugal.
  Reason No. 4: 1998 Nobel Prize winner for economics, Ross Perot.
  Reason No. 3: My vision for our 21st century economy, manual 
typewriters, rotary telephones, and black-and-white televisions.
  Reason No. 2: John Sweeney told me to.
  And reason No. 1: Mr. Speaker, I want a better fast track, a better 
balanced budget, a better tax cut, and better welfare reform.

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