[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 10, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               OUTSOURCING OF U.S. SERVICE JOBS OVERSEAS

  (Mr. MICHAUD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today in total 
disbelief. The Washington Post reported this morning that President 
Bush's top economic adviser, Gregory Mankiw, said that outsourcing U.S. 
service jobs overseas is actually good for the Nation's economy. This 
is absolutely outrageous. Sending jobs overseas is good?
  Just tell that to the 23,000 Mainers who lost their manufacturing 
jobs in the last 8 years. Tell that to the 2.2 million Americans who 
lost their jobs since President Bush took office. These people have 
seen their hard-earned jobs shipped overseas due to unfair trade 
agreements and terrible management of our economy. They are the ones 
who suffer.
  I spent 30 years working in a paper mill. It went bankrupt last year. 
Maybe this administration should take a look at what is happening in 
places like my hometown, places that need these jobs all across 
America, before saying that shipping jobs overseas is a good idea.
  It might give them a dose of reality that real Americans face every 
day.

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