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James Traficant: “Another chapter on American steel. We have already read Chapter 11, Chapter 13, and we are about to read a stone cold…”

On the recordOctober 15, 1998
Another chapter on American steel. We have already read Chapter 11, Chapter 13, and we are about to read a stone cold Chapter 7 due to illegal trade, dumping steel in America below cost, destroying families, destroying companies, destroying jobs, destroying pensions, and nobody is doing one thing about it. We pass laws here, and the law is not being enforced. There is such a glut of steel there is a fire sale in America. America is burning. And while America burns, the administration is fiddling doing nothing. Today you will have an opportunity to vote on a resolution. I predict that there will be an attempt to bring a softer resolution than mine. Today is the time to stand up for legal trade.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing the impact of illegal steel trade on American industry and jobs.

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