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James Traficant: while Congress plays politics with Newt Gingrich, last night's trade deficit showed a record of $10.5 billion. The 1994…

On the recordJanuary 19, 1995
while Congress plays politics with Newt Gingrich, last night's trade deficit showed a record of $10.5 billion. The 1994 trade deficit, Democrats, will hit a record $154 billion, which is equivalent to 3 million high-paying American jobs with benefits lost. It has gotten so bad, Barbie Doll has moved to Mexico. Mattel Inc., from New York, is laying off 700 workers. They will make Barbie Dolls now in Mexico. Mexico gets jobs, America gets pink slips, and Congress is debating Newt Gingrich and balanced budget amendments? Beam me up. There is no intelligent life left in the Congress of the United States. Where is the trade program of the Democrat Party? We are failing the American workers, and that is why we are in the minority, quibbling over the Speaker.

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Addressing the trade deficit and its impact on American jobs.

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