On the recordAugust 2, 1996
The Olympics is great for fans, athletes, and sponsors. Especially sponsors. Take Nike. Please, someone take Nike. Nike pays Indonesian and Vietnamese workers an average of 15 cents an hour. They then sell those shoes for $140 a pair. And then, if Members think that is highway robbery, their chief executive officer, Phillip Knight, made $6.5 million in 1995. I say a Nike ad should read, ``Rich Bosses, Sweat Shop Slaves.'' And if we want to talk about sneakers, Nike is not joking. Mr. Speaker, I say it is time for the American consumers to tell Nike to take a hikey and buy some American shoes before, so help me God, we are all working in some sweat shop. With that, I yield back all the sweat and pain.
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