On the recordMay 15, 1997
Mr. Chairman, there is an ad in a national magazine that said the Navy Seals bring our knives on every one of their underwater missions; it is a Swiss Army brand knife, and they say now they will be carrying their sunglasses. In addition to that, right out here, the east side of the Capitol, the south security gate, it is heated and cooled by a Mr. Slim unit made by Mitsubishi, who moved from San Diego to Mexico and does not even make them in America. It is a very simple little Buy American. I am not going to take a lot of time, but let me say this: Wherever possible let us try and expand our American taxpayer dollars on American goods, and, second of all, this little provision says if someone tries to sneak in an import with a fraudulent 'made in America' label, they are handcuffed to a chain link fence and flogged.
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