[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23611]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            JOB LOSS IN OHIO

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the job loss in my State of Ohio 
continues, yet this Congress does nothing; no manufacturing policy, no 
industrial policy, bad trade policies, passing the Central American 
Free Trade Agreement in the middle of the night, a tax policy that 
benefits and gives incentives for corporations to outsource 
manufacturing jobs to China and New Mexico and to Central America, into 
other parts of the world, but does nothing to assist small 
manufacturers.
  Mr. Speaker, this country's economic leaders and political leaders 
are taking this country in the wrong direction. It is time we passed 
better trade policy. It is time we passed a manufacturing policy. It is 
time we assisted America's and Ohio's small manufacturers, because they 
create the jobs and create the middle class in this country.

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