[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H8847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SUPPORT TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY

  (Mr. ISAKSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. Speaker, 10 weeks ago this Congress, with one lone 
dissenting vote, granted the President of the United States the 
authority to send our sons and daughters in harm's way, to root out and 
bring justice to the terrorists or take justice to them.
  Tomorrow, this House will have the chance to vote on Trade Promotion 
Authority for our President, an exact comparable authority for the 
President of the United States to do for the global economy what we 
have allowed him to do militarily across the ocean and in Afghanistan.
  If there were ever a time for us to ensure prosperity in the long-
term in the 21st century, it is to give the President the same power to 
make the American economy the strongest weapon for peace and security 
and for employment of all our citizens.
  I urge my colleagues to support Trade Promotion Authority tomorrow 
when it reaches the floor of the House of Representatives.

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