[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          BRIDGE TO THE 21ST CENTURY MADE OUT OF BANANA PEELS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, our Trade Representative said, and I 
quote:
  ``We going to the mat.''
  The trade rep said they will ask the White House to impose strict 
tariffs and sanctions on European goods over bananas.
  That is right, bananas. Think about it. While Uncle Sam is prepared 
to wage a trade war over bananas, 10,000 steelworkers, 10,000, are 
receiving unemployment compensation.

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  Your workers, my workers, standing in unemployment lines, losing 
their homes, losing their jobs, and the White House is roaring like a 
titmouse over bananas.
  Beam me up, ladies and gentlemen. What has happened to this country? 
I yield back all the tanks, submarines, and certainly this new bridge 
to the 21st Century, that will be made now out of banana peels.

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