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On the recordFebruary 24, 2004
The State of Ohio has been devastated, absolutely devastated and especially my district that stretches all along the Ohio River, some 330 miles. I have perhaps the poorest, the oldest, and the sickest district in Ohio. I have got lots of veterans. I have got lots of unemployed steelworkers. And what does the President say to them? How can the President come to Ohio and own this statement, ``When a good or service is produced at lower cost in another country it makes sense to import it''? What does that mean? We all have constituents and we are all concerned about our constituents. I am a little parochial in my concern I guess because I have got a lot of constituents who do not have jobs, who have lost jobs. As a result, they have lost health care. They have lost nearly everything they have worked their entire lives for, and we have an administration that is encouraging the outsourcing of jobs to other countries. It buffaloes me. I do not understand what kind of thinking goes into a document like this that is called the ``Economic Report of the President.''
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the economic struggles faced by Ohio and the impact of outsourcing on constituents.

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