[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 31, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H9191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

  (Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
express my strong support for enacting the free trade agreements with 
our allies, democracies in Latin America like Colombia, Peru and 
Panama.
  I am disappointed, frankly, that the Democratic leadership has broken 
the agreement they made with the administration in May to bring these 
vital trade agreements to the floor. We have not seen them yet.
  Enactment of these important agreements will strengthen the economies 
of our democratic allies in the region, as well as our own.
  I am a strong supporter of free trade with these free nations, and I 
will continue to work with my colleagues to enact free trade agreements 
this year and to hold the Democratic leadership's feet to the fire to 
make sure that they do not break their agreement that they entered into 
in May.

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