[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 156 (Saturday, November 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10352-H10353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  (Mr. STRICKLAND asked and was given permission to address the House

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for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, I hope the American people are watching 
the proceedings that are happening in this Chamber this weekend, 
because if they watch what they will see is a monumental battle being 
fought out between a Democratic administration in conjunction with the 
Republican leadership versus the working class American family. The 
multinational corporations, with the support of our Democratic 
President and our Republican leadership, are taking sides against 
America's working families. How are they doing this? They are cutting 
deals that in my judgment are shameful. They are contributing to the 
cynicism that Americans feel about what happens in this Chamber.
  We are supposed to come here, Mr. Speaker, as representatives of the 
people, to vote on the basis of principle, to follow our own 
conscience, and to do what we believe in our heart is best for our 
constituents. But this weekend multinational corporations in 
conjunction with a Democratic President and a Republican leadership are 
selling out the American people.

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