[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H6655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                 CAFTA

  (Mr. PASCRELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, NAFTA is the template on which this CAFTA 
agreement has been forged. Let us use the documented results of NAFTA 
to predict what will happen if Congress passes this latest flawed trade 
agreement.
  Workers will see a decrease in real wages. The statistics are very 
clear.

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  Number 2, CAFTA cannot reduce the number of immigrants. In fact, 
quite the contrary. What we have had in Mexico, for instance, as our 
prime example is 1.3 million agricultural jobs were lost to NAFTA. Look 
at the commitments, look at the promises by the past administration, by 
this administration, and what we have done is increased immigration 
across the borders. Some of our friends are talking out of both sides 
of their mouths.
  The gap between the rich and the poor will increase. The 
redistribution of wealth upward will be exacerbated here in the United 
States under CAFTA, because more family wage jobs will be sent 
overseas, replaced by low-wage, Wal-Mart-type service jobs. Get it?
  Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. If CAFTA passes, 
doom will be the operative function of this Congress.

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