Hon. George W. Gekas said "I remember the first time that I was in the Oval Office was during the Reagan administration, at which time the President then was adamant about the voluntary restraints that foreign steel producers would be subjected to were we to continue our program and which we assented was necessary to protect our steel making jobs. Ever since then we have been on a highly visible plain of watching carefully the steel dumping syndrome across the world. I join with the gentleman from Ohio to keep on alert as Members of Congress and as citizens on this clandestine way of ruining our ability to keep our steel industry intact. When that resolution comes up, I hope that the common sense of our Chamber will take hold." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 15, 1998

I remember the first time that I was in the Oval Office was during the Reagan administration, at which time the President then was adamant about the voluntary restraints that foreign steel producers would be subjected to were we to continue our program and which we assented was necessary to protect our steel making jobs. Ever since then we have been on a highly visible plain of watching carefully the steel dumping syndrome across the world. I join with the gentleman from Ohio to keep on alert as Members of Congress and as citizens on this clandestine way of ruining our ability to keep our steel industry intact. When that resolution comes up, I hope that the common sense of our Chamber will take hold.

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Hon. George W. Gekas

Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of foreign steel dumping on the U.S. steel industry.

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