[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4658]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   STEEL IMPORTS AND ILLEGAL DUMPING

  (Mr. WISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, the first chart tells us the story, I guess in 
black and white, on steel imports and why this Congress must act today 
to do something about steel imports and illegal dumping.
  We can see, from 1997 to 1998, the large increase in steel imports, 
and particularly because of illegal steel dumping.
  This just tells the story in a bar graph and in black and white. Let 
us tell the story in terms of human suffering. For instance, at Wierton 
Steel, in which the headlines we have blown up show, ``Wierton Steel 
layoffs hit 775 workers.'' It is actually more by now. ``Wierton Steel 
announces more layoffs,'' layoffs that are occurring throughout the 
Ohio Valley and the Mon Valley.
  Mr. Speaker, this House must act today to stop illegal steel dumping. 
We have the opportunity to send the message not only to the 
administration but to foreign nations. If others will not act, Congress 
will.
  Let us act today for Wierton and for a whole lot of other steel 
producing communities in the United States.

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