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James Traficant: “News reports say that China tried to influence and buy last year's Federal elections, including the Presidency. All of…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1997
News reports say that China tried to influence and buy last year's Federal elections, including the Presidency. All of America is in an uproar. Newspapers are in shock and people are calling the talk shows on the radio and saying they believe America is for sale. Can you blame them? China gets most-favored-nation trade status but sells missiles to our enemies. Japan keeps raping our marketplace, approaching $70 billion in surpluses, and they keep denying our products. Mexico gets billions of dollars from us and they ship narcotics to our streets. And now American companies overseas are advertising in the newspaper for American workers to move overseas and get a good, livable wage job. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. America is not for sale. I think America has already been sold, and I think Congress should start looking into it. Sold, lock, stock, and pork barrel.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing concerns about foreign influence in U.S. elections and trade imbalances.

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