[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2719]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     BLISS MANUFACTURING BANKRUPTED

  (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, Bliss Manufacturing in my district makes 
bumpers for General Motors. Not any more. Bliss bankrupted yesterday, 
putting 500 of my workers on the street due to two reasons: number one, 
the continuing flood of illegal steel imports; and number 2, after a 
recent decision by the United States International Trade Commission 
that ruled in favor of Japan, Russia, Brazil, and Korea.
  Beam me up. Even the Youngstown Vindicator, one of the most respected 
newspapers in Ohio, one of the staunchest supporters of free trade in 
open markets, said enough is enough. I agree with the Youngstown 
Vindicator.
  I will be submitting legislation this week that my colleagues should 
support. I want to yield back the gutless wonders of the United States 
International Trade Commission and the Clinton/Gore administration that 
appointed them.

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