[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 19, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. MICHAUD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, in response to the Chamber of Commerce's 
recently released report that claims U.S. free trade agreements have 
supported 5.4 million jobs, I have only one thing to say: Not in my 
district. Since January of 1994, employment in the manufacturing 
industry in Maine has declined by nearly 40 percent. Just ask the 
Mainers who used to work at Knight C-Low-Tex in Lisbon Falls or those 
that used to work at Allen Edmonds Shoe Corporation in Lewiston. The 
Department of Labor recently certified them to receive trade adjustment 
assistance, proof that their jobs were lost as a result of our failed 
trade policies. Our U.S. trade policies might create jobs for big 
corporations based in Washington, D.C., but it takes them away from 
middle-class families in Maine.

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