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James T. Callahan: “I just want to echo what the gentleman from Florida was talking about, and to tell the gentleman that the day has…”

On the recordJune 13, 1996
I just want to echo what the gentleman from Florida was talking about, and to tell the gentleman that the day has already arrived. Just yesterday in my district, a press release came from the Alabama shipyard, and it is based upon whether or not this agreement is enacted, where they signed a contract for five Russian tankers to be built in the State of Alabama. We are talking about 600 new jobs. I chair or have chaired for the past 8 years, the revitalization of the shipbuilding industry in this country. This is the biggest thing that we have going for us. We are now here. We already have achieved contracts, created jobs. If we turn this back, then we are going to lose American jobs. So, I would encourage my colleagues to vote against the Bateman amendment and encourage them to support the bill once the Bateman amendment is rejected.
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James T. Callahan
Oklahoma
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Discussing the impact of a shipbuilding agreement on jobs in Alabama.

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