[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRESS DOES NOT NEED FAST TRACK

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. America has a $60 million trade deficit with Japan, 
$50 billion with China, a $24 billion deficit with Canada, $20 plus 
billion with Mexico. The bleeding goes on and on, good-paying jobs lost 
by the thousands every week, every month.
  After all this, Congress wants more fast track trade programs. 
Unbelievable. Congress does not need fast track; Congress needs a swift 
kick. What is next, our sons and daughters applying for a job in 
Mexico? Beam me up. Free trade, my ascot. This is a free ride for 
people overseas being paid for by American workers who are being 
retrained. Think about it.

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