[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 970-971]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



             CONGRESS CANNOT DEFEND AMERICA WITH STYROFOAM

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, CSC Steel Company in my district has 
filed for bankruptcy protection, laying off 500 people. The reason is 
clear: foreign steel is being illegally dumped into America at record 
levels. Now if that is not enough to polish your stainless, the Clinton 
administration last month allowed an $18 million loan guarantee to a 
Chinese steel company. Beam me up.
  Yes to Chinese steel; no to American steel. Is it any wonder the 
American

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steel industry is going belly up? I urge Congress to cosponsor House 
Resolution 16, that caused a 50 percent reduction of imports in 1998.
  I yield back the fact that Congress cannot defend America with 
Styrofoam.

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