[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 JAPAN ILLEGALLY DUMPS STEEL IN AMERICA

  (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, after World War II Japanese officials 
were given tours of our steel mills. They were allowed to take 
photographs. They were further given blueprints of our machinery and 
technology. Then America gave Japan loans to build steel mills. When 
Japan could not repay the loans, they were forgiven from the goodness 
of our hearts.
  Now, if that is not enough to massage your subdural hematoma, check 
this out. Japan today is illegally, let me say this again, is illegally 
dumping steel in America, destroying our companies, destroying American 
jobs. Unbelievable.
  Japan has steel mills, we have photographs. Japan has surplus, we 
have deficits. Beam me up. Free trade is one thing. Illegal trade is 
illegal trade, Mr. Speaker.

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