Mike Michaud

Thank you very much. That is a very good point that you mentioned because the very mill that I worked at, we had six paper machines. Four are no longer there. They were unbolted and shipped overseas. So that is absolutely right. People…

The trade deficit is a malignant tumor in the intestines of the U.S. economy. That's absolutely right. We have to start dealing with our trade deficit. And one way, one of the issues we have got to deal with is, as you mentioned…

We have fast track, we have the trade deals we are talking about. We will be talking more about the value-added tax as that comes forward in a couple of weeks, and also the trade balancing act, which I will be resubmitting again in this…

Congressman Ellison believes NAFTA and CAFTA have encouraged the movement of manufacturing and agricultural jobs out of Minnesota to be done under sweat-shop conditions in other countries. A 2003 report by the Minnesota Fair Trade…

Absolutely. Congresswoman Sutton mentioned earlier the fact this is not just a workers' issue; it is a business issue. The United States Business and Industry Council has been very supportive, very helpful with the Kaptur trade deal. They…

I think it is highly offensive that the Bush administration would even negotiate with a country that is infamous for the highest rate of trade unionist assassinations. More than 2,000 labor union activists have been murdered in Colombia…

As far as industries in the State of Maine, timber, the paper industry have definitely been devastated the most when you look at trade deals. We just actually had a few weeks ago Moosehead Manufacturing which closed its doors because of…

No, I was not. I was serving in the Maine legislature, and I was opposed to it then. I am opposed to it now, especially when you see what damage fast track has caused to this Nation, what it has caused to our manufacturing. Maine alone…

I think, all too often, once people get here in Washington, D.C., they tend to forget what is really happening in reality. And reality is, we have lost over 3 million jobs nationwide because of our unfair trade deals, and we have got to…

And, likewise, it has been a real treat. And even though I do not represent the State of Florida, there are a lot of snow birds from the State of Maine, veterans that go to Florida. So I have heard from my veterans as well as far as the…

Now I would like to yield to the good gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich), a gentleman who has fought for the environment and who has fought for working-family issues. {time} 1900

An all-out attack on workers' rights is happening in Brewer, Maine; and I come to the House floor today to tell DHL that it is time for them to stop their assault. These Brewer workers have borne the brunt of these union-busting practices…

I am not here to put blame on the past Congresses. I am in this Congress, and this is an issue where we have over 380 some odd Members of Congress signing it, and it is disingenuous for those Members of this body who signed it to be…

Let me from the outset, Mr. Speaker, say that I deeply appreciate the two gentlemen's comments about the concerns with respect to veterans benefits. I think both sides of the aisle, Republican and Democrat, share that concern. What…

Something has to be done to take care of our veterans, and it is a matter of priority. I served in the legislature for 22 years, and a lot of those years I served on the appropriations committee and we had to make the tough decisions. We…

It has been 859 days since President Bush and the Republican Party embarked on their economic plan of our country. During that time the national debt has increased by $1,169,750,943,211.93. According to the Web site for the Bureau of…