[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 31 (Thursday, March 3, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PASS FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I didn't want to prolong the colloquy, but I 
have to say that both my friends, Mr. Hoyer and Mr. Cantor, were 
talking about the imperative for job creation and economic growth.
  There is a bipartisan consensus in this institution; we all want to 
see private sector jobs created. We have an opportunity to work 
together in a bipartisan way to do something that President Obama 
addressed in his State of the Union message here in this Chamber. He 
talked about the need for us to pass first the U.S.-Korea free trade 
agreement; and he also included, I am happy to say, the Colombia and 
Panama agreements.
  All of those agreements have been pending. The Colombia and Panama 
agreements actually preceded the Korean agreement; and we know if we 
were to pass all three of these pending trade agreements, we could 
create good union and nonunion jobs here in this country in the 
manufacturing sectors of our economy.
  If you look at companies like Caterpillar, John Deere, Whirlpool, 
other manufacturing companies right here in the United States, creating 
an opportunity for those union and non-working union members to sell 
their products into Latin America is very important. Let's create jobs; 
let's pass all three of these agreements.

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