[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 83 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               PASS THE SOUTH KOREA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

  (Mr. DJOU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DJOU. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today to encourage and request 
the United States Congress to immediately pass the free trade agreement 
with South Korea. This is an important measure that has languished too 
long before this Congress.
  First and foremost, we need to pass this because it is important for 
our economy. Expanding free trade and opportunities for commerce for 
our Nation is critical in this time of an economic recession.
  For my district in Hawaii, expanding free trade will directly help 
the tourist industry, the number one sector of my district. Second, 
South Korea has been a strong ally of the United States. It's important 
right now we stand alongside our important allies in the foreign 
fields. And third and finally, Mr. Speaker, given the recent 
instability in the Korean Peninsula and the aggression taken by North 
Korea, and as a Congressman who represents the first Congressional 
District in the flight arc of North Korea's missiles, it is important 
that we right now stand beside South Korea and pass this free trade 
agreement and pass it now.

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