[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          THREE PENDING TRADE AGREEMENTS THAT WILL CREATE JOBS

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, as we all know, there will be a great deal 
of excitement around the Capitol tomorrow evening. The President of the 
United States will be delivering his first State of the Union message. 
Early indications are that he will be talking about the issue that 
Democrats and Republicans alike and people around this country are 
talking about, and that is job creation.
  We have got an unemployment rate in excess of 10 percent, much higher 
in my State of California, and we think--Democrat and Republican 
alike--that it's a very good idea for the President to be focusing on 
job creation and economic growth.
  Well, Madam Speaker, he has a wonderful opportunity to take what I 
believe would be the strongest, boldest, most dynamic step towards 
economic growth, and that is to send to Capitol Hill three pending 
trade agreements: Panama, Colombia and South Korea. We could create 
jobs in the manufacturing sector, in the service sector, in the farming 
sector of our economy if we were to break down the barriers that right 
now prevent U.S. workers and service providers from being able to have 
access to that consumer market.
  So as we work together in a bipartisan way to create jobs, I 
encourage the President, Madam Speaker, to send those three trade 
agreements so that we can create jobs.

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