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James Traficant: United Technologies eliminated 35 percent of their American jobs, created 15,000 jobs overseas. General Motors is…

On the recordMarch 7, 1996
United Technologies eliminated 35 percent of their American jobs, created 15,000 jobs overseas. General Motors is building a new $1 billion auto plant, my colleagues, in Shanghai. Blue Cross moved 2,000 jobs that paid $10 an hour in America to Jamaica where they will pay $1 an hour. AT&T got rid of 50,000 American workers but gave their boss, Robert Allen, a record $16 million paycheck. But yesterday's event I think tells the whole story. As Eleanor Roosevelt had done in the 1930's, Mrs. Clinton repeated history by sewing in a union label into a garment in New York. The big difference is, Members of Congress, Eleanor Roosevelt used a Singer sewing machine made in America. Mrs. Clinton used a sewing machine made in Japan. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Nobody can even see what is happening to our country.

Editor's note · Context

Discussing job losses in America and the impact of outsourcing during a House floor speech.

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