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James Traficant: “I appreciate the committee accepting my ``buy American'' amendment. If we do not make it here and we go to war, who will…”

On the recordJune 10, 1999
I appreciate the committee accepting my ``buy American'' amendment. If we do not make it here and we go to war, who will we buy from; our enemy? So I wish to thank the committee for its continued support, and I also want to thank the members of the committee for accepting the amendment from the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling) and myself that deals with weights bought for training measures from China. Let me just advise Members of Congress that they have a $67 billion trade surplus, and they are buying submarines, tanks and aircraft with our money and pointing their missiles at us. So I thank my colleagues for accepting my amendments.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of the 'buy American' amendment and trade issues with China.

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