[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 PROPOSED SPECIAL FEES ON CARS AND PEDESTRIANS CROSSING UNITED STATES 
                                BORDERS

  (Mr. LaFALCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaFALCE. Mr. Speaker, I can think of no proposal more 
objectionable to the people of western New York, no proposal more 
potentially harmful to the economy of western New York than the 
administration's budget proposal to initiate a $3 special fee on any 
vehicle entering the United States from Canada or Mexico, and $1.50 on 
any pedestrian coming into the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, the whole purpose of the free-trade agreement between 
the United States and Canada was to facilitate the flow of people and 
products.
  This runs contrary to that concept. The whole purpose of the free-
trade agreement between the United States and Canada was to reduce and 
then eliminate all tariffs on products coming back and forth between 
our countries.
  Now, the administration wants to impose a fee on people and their 
cars.
  This cannot stand.
  

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