[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 12, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




APPRECIATING ALL COMPANIES, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT WANT TO DO 
                     BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, in April it was reported that employers 
added 288,000 jobs to the payroll, including 21,000 in the 
manufacturing sector. Progress is being made. The outsourcing-
insourcing debate then has waned a little bit.
  But I want to highlight Richland County in Illinois, 16,000 people in 
the community of Olney, that has 8,000. They actively pursue and ask 
for international business to come. In fact they are home for companies 
from Germany, Austria, Japan, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands. 
These international companies located in rural Illinois provide high 
wages and great benefits to their citizens.
  We should be appreciative of all companies that create jobs, both 
U.S. companies and international companies, that want to do business in 
the United States.

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