[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 48 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H2381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NO FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin tonight by 
again talking about the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The fact 
is, Mr. Speaker, that in spite of what supporters of CAFTA say, the 
buying power of countries in Central America simply will not have an 
impact on American exports.
  Central America represents only $62 billion in generating economic 
power. That means that people in Central America will not be able to 
buy cars from Ohio, or steel from West Virginia, they will not be able 
to buy software from Seattle or textiles or apparel from North 
Carolina.
  The fact is that CAFTA will only mean more outsourcing of American 
jobs, more loss of American jobs, more loss of American manufacturing 
and does nothing to raise the living standards of Central Americans.

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