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James Traficant: “Let us tell it like it is. The last fast track traded Ma Bell for Taco Bell. Today's fast track will trade more American…”

On the recordNovember 9, 1997
Let us tell it like it is. The last fast track traded Ma Bell for Taco Bell. Today's fast track will trade more American jobs and dollars and factories to all of Central America for a '48 Ford pickup truck, two loads of pinto beans and three ballplayers to be named later. Beam me up. In addition, I predict we will get another 25 tons of heroin, another 35 tons of cocaine, and a lot more economic development in the form of prisons, I say to my colleagues. Let us have a little straight talk. ``This dog don't hunt. Pull this turkey.'' I yield back the balance of any jobs we have left.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Criticizing trade policies and their impact on American jobs and the economy.

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