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James Traficant: “I have heard arguments that protecting workers is shoving jobs overseas. I would like to make issue with that. I think…”

On the recordJune 8, 2000
I have heard arguments that protecting workers is shoving jobs overseas. I would like to make issue with that. I think our tax and trade policies are chasing American companies overseas. And here is how we are trying now to save a few jobs, on the backs of worker protection. You show me a 50-year-old court reporter who does not have carpal tunnel problems. Show me one. Maybe they never came forward with it. It started in 1990 with Elizabeth Dole, God bless her. In 1991, her assistant secretary was going to begin the process. It is 2000. Most of those workers are now so debilitated, they cannot function. I believe it is unconscionable for this Congress to try and create jobs on the back of destroying workers' rights.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing the impact of tax and trade policies on American workers and their rights.

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