Samuel Goode said "I must rise in opposition to H.R. 3009. I have had hundreds of letters from textile employees and the plant managers from my part of Virginia. They are very concerned that this legislation, if passed and signed into law, will cost more jobs in southside Virginia. This week VF. Knitwear announced the termination of 2,300 persons in Martinsville and Henry County. This brings to a total of over 10,000 jobs lost in the past year and a half under the so-called free-trade benefits. This bill is a turkey. It would be an awful Thanksgiving present for the persons in my district if this bill were to pass. We need to kill this turkey, and we need to relegate it to a place where hope is a stranger and where mercy will never reach." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 16, 2001

I must rise in opposition to H.R. 3009. I have had hundreds of letters from textile employees and the plant managers from my part of Virginia. They are very concerned that this legislation, if passed and signed into law, will cost more jobs in southside Virginia. This week VF. Knitwear announced the termination of 2,300 persons in Martinsville and Henry County. This brings to a total of over 10,000 jobs lost in the past year and a half under the so-called free-trade benefits. This bill is a turkey. It would be an awful Thanksgiving present for the persons in my district if this bill were to pass. We need to kill this turkey, and we need to relegate it to a place where hope is a stranger and where mercy will never reach.

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Samuel Goode

Republican · Virginia

Source

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Editor's note · Context

Opposing H.R. 3009 and its potential impact on jobs in Virginia.

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