[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICAN STEEL IN A CRISIS

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, American steel is in a crisis. Yesterday 
the House of Representatives defeated a resolution to study the crisis. 
American steelworkers and their families do not need studies. They need 
action to stop the dumping of steel in this country. The dumping of 
steel is causing prices to drop, it is threatening the jobs of American 
steelworkers, it is threatening local economies, it is threatening our 
strategic industrial base, and, therefore, long-term threatens this 
country's ability to defend itself.
  Americans need action to stop the dumping of steel. They need 
quantitative restrictions on allowing steel into the U.S. market. They 
need the application of countervailing duties. We do not need more 
studies. We need action. Stop the dumping of steel in this country. 
Save the steelworkers' jobs. Protect the American economy.

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