[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 146 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  PINK SLIPS TO AMERICAN WORKERS WHILE WASHINGTON BAILS OUT ASIA AND 
                                 BRAZIL

  (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, Merrill Lynch just cut 3,000 jobs. 
Ameritech cut 5,000 jobs. Raytheon cut 14,000 jobs. Motorola cut 15,000 
jobs. AT&T cut 20,000 jobs. Boeing cut 30,000 jobs. Jobs lost. Jobs 
lost. And Japan, Russia, Brazil and Korea are destroying our steel 
industry and getting away with it. Illegal trade, getting away with it.
  Unbelievable, ladies and gentlemen. While Washington is bailing out 
Asia and Brazil, American workers are getting the pink slips because of 
in fact illegal trade from people we are giving loans to.
  Beam me up. We were not elected to the United Nations. We were 
elected to the Congress of the United States and Congress should take 
care of America first, before there is not a job left here.
  I yield back the balance of any jobs left in this country.

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