[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 368]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              WAL-MART WIPING THEIR ASSETS WITH OLD GLORY

  (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, so much for Wal-Mart's big buy-American 
promotion. Since 1985, Wal-Mart bought 4 tons of Chinese shoes. 
Meanwhile, 240 American shoe factories shut down and 30,000 American 
workers lost their jobs. If that is not enough to bust your bunions, 
Wal-Mart imports 18,000 tons of goods and products from China each 
year.
  Think about it. While American soldiers literally died shouting 
``better dead than red,'' Wal-Mart has allowed China to wipe their 
assets with Old Glory.
  I yield back the fact that Wal-Mart now owns, owns and sells 14 
brands of shoes, and they are all made in China.
  Beam me up.

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