[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in response to the Chamber of 
Commerce's recent claim that U.S. free trade agreements have supported 
5.4 million jobs. I want someone to show those jobs to me because they 
certainly aren't in Michigan or my district. Michigan has the highest 
unemployment in the country. In my hometown of Flint, Michigan, the 
unemployment rate is nearly 30 percent. At one time, we had nearly 
80,000 auto jobs. Now we have about 6,000.
  With every free trade agreement, we continue to send more jobs 
overseas and put American workers at a greater disadvantage. Come to my 
district and I will show you the empty fields that used to employ 
thousands of American workers before NAFTA, which I opposed. Our trade 
policy might help create jobs and improve the quality of life for 
workers in other countries but not in the United States.

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