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James Traficant: “I have a buy American amendment for this bill. I would like the Congress to know that the Chrysler Corporation that we…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 1999
I have a buy American amendment for this bill. I would like the Congress to know that the Chrysler Corporation that we bailed out, Chrysler Corporation of the United States of America, is the Chrysler-Daimler Corporation of Germany. Some of our big banks are merging. They are not known as American banks anymore, they are moving to foreign countries. We are becoming a good colony, providing basic materials and buying other countries' products. No one is really paying attention. What these amendments say is we have a buy American law. Let us comply with it, and do not put a fraudulent label on an import or you will not be able to do business with our government.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Discussing a buy American amendment and concerns about foreign ownership of American companies.

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