[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW VIOLATIONS COST 10,000 STEELWORKER JOBS

  (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, over 10,000 steelworkers have lost their 
jobs because Japan, Russia, South Korea and China are violating 
international trade laws. And after all of that, the White House says, 
America will not violate international trade laws, and the White House 
has helped to kill the import steel quota bill.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. There is not one citizen of Japan, Russia, 
China or South Korea that voted for this White House crew. Nearly 99 
percent of those steelworkers who lost their job voted for that White 
House crew.
  I think it is time that Uncle Sam requires everybody to heed the law, 
but if they are going to break it, by God, we should impose strict 
import quotas.
  I yield back any manufacturing jobs still left in our country.

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