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Marcy Kaptur: “I know that there are working people across this country who feel that they have lost voice at the highest levels of our…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 1995
I know that there are working people across this country who feel that they have lost voice at the highest levels of our Government. What is equally disturbing to think about, Mr. Speaker, is that for the people of Mexico who have no voice, the working people of Mexico who have no voice, if our Government, and I think they were in cahoots with the top leaders of Mexico, has now caused the standard of living in Mexico to be cut by half, and it wasn't very high anyway, there are people who are hungry and there are people who are streaming across our borders now because our Government was too greedy for some of the interests that supported it and some of the top leaders in the Government of the United States, then shame on us as the most powerful economic force on this continent.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Addressing the impact of U.S. government policies on working people in Mexico.

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