[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 146 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NEW UNION AND NONUNION JOBS TO BE CREATED

  (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, today is a great day for many reasons.
  First and foremost, the American worker is going to have an 
opportunity, I believe, to gain access to new markets in Colombia, 
Panama, and South Korea. Union and nonunion jobs are going to be 
created.
  Another reason it's a great day is that, in just a few minutes, led 
by the distinguished chair of the Trade Subcommittee of the Ways and 
Means Committee, my friend from Houston (Mr. Brady), who has been such 
a great champion of trade, is going to talk about the tremendous 
benefits that we're going to see. I see that he's going to be joined at 
least by Mr. Canseco, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Smith, Mr. Davis, Dr. Boustany, 
Mr. Herger, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Dold, maybe Ms. Jenkins, and 
maybe even Angela Ellard for all I know, but lots of other people. Oh, 
my gosh. Who else have we got? Tom Reed, of course, is in the back of 
the Chamber, and he's going to be a part of this.
  Mr. Speaker, we are coming together in a bipartisan way. The 
President has just hours ago set up these agreements so that, again, 
union and nonunion workers are going to have a chance to have more jobs 
created as we open up these markets.
  I wish all of my colleagues were going to participate in this. 
Godspeed, and thank you, thank you, thank you for coming together for 
the American people.

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