[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        WTO AND U.S. SOVEREIGNTY

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, the World Trade Organization has now ruled 
the State of Utah cannot ban Internet gambling within its own borders. 
The WTO said if the ban was enforced, Utah would be impeding the rights 
of the small nations of Antigua and Barbados.
  Who would have ever thought that Antigua and Barbados would have more 
control over what goes on in Utah than the people of Utah themselves 
do?
  This is ridiculous. What have we come to? Utah State Representative 
Sheryl Allen commented on this ruling saying, ``It's not just gambling. 
The States are losing their authority in a lot of areas.''
  Where are those people now who told us that membership in the WTO 
would not cause any loss of U.S. sovereignty?
  Mr. Speaker, we had plenty of free trade before the WTO even existed, 
and we could do so again. At the very least, we should renegotiate the 
terms of our membership to allow our States to prohibit Internet 
gambling if they wish to do so.

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