[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19435]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  AMERICAN JOBS BEING SHIPPED OVERSEAS

  (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, the Pentagon wants to buy combat ships 
from foreign shipbuilders. Now, if that is not enough to sink your 
rubber ducky, check this out: we give billions to Russia and billions 
to China in tax breaks, and, even though the American worker builds the 
best ships in the world, the Pentagon now wants to buy ships from 
Russia and China.
  Beam me up. Who is running the Pentagon, Monte Hall? I think it is 
time to tell the Pentagon that we can hire generals and admirals a hell 
of a lot cheaper from Korea too.
  I yield back the fact that American jobs are literally being shipped 
overseas.

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