[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 7, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H4146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
DEFEAT CAFTA
(Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute.)
Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, we just returned from 10 days in
our district, and we found the opposition to the Central American Free
Trade Agreement is even greater than before we left. People at home in
our districts recognize our trade policy is not working.
Just look at this chart. The first year I ran for Congress, our trade
deficit was $38 billion. Today after NAFTA and PNTR and a series of
trade agreements, our trade deficit is $618 billion.
These trade agreements cost jobs. They hurt our families. They hurt
our communities. They hurt our schools.
Madam Speaker, we should renegotiate the Central American Free Trade
Agreement; defeat this bill when it comes to Congress; renegotiate a
new Central American Free Trade Agreement, one that lifts up workers in
all seven countries.
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