[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRESS BETTER START DOING SOMETHING ABOUT JOBS

  (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, every day the American people are told 
how great the economy is. I do not buy it. Let us check the scoreboard. 
In 1995 900,000 Americans filed for bankruptcy. In 1996 1,100,000 filed 
for bankruptcy. And last year 1,400,000-plus filed for bankruptcy. 
Total bustout ``morgueville,'' belly up. A 20 percent increase in one 
year.
  What is worse, our kids are moving to Mexico to find work. They 
cannot find it around here. Take Boeing, for example, please. They laid 
off 18,000 workers since December. What is next, Congress? Will we be 
told that El Nino is good for the economy?
  Beam me up.
  Mr. Speaker, I think Congress better start doing something about jobs 
in America.

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