Political Quotes

“I represent people who are desperate for jobs. Now, in a little town that my colleague represents that I think he is familiar with, Salem, Ohio, there is a company, the Elger Company. They make bathroom sinks and wash basins and so on. They decided a few months ago that they would go to China. That means that there are going to be lots of families without a job. A short time ago, although the company has not really closed the operation in Salem yet, that is going to happen this spring, I got a call from one of the employees there, and they had just gotten a shipment of goods back from China, and they opened up the crates, and guess what they had stamped on the sides of those sinks and so on? 'Made in the USA.' The mold had not been changed, so they were forced to grind off the 'Made in the USA' label. That is just an example. I guess in China they can make a bathtub or a wash basin or a toilet for less cost than we can do it in Salem, Ohio, where these workers got living-wage jobs, paid taxes, supported their schools, gave to their churches, and cared for their children.”