[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1892]
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        SUPPORT FOR H.R. 639, THE CURRENCY REFORM FAIR TRADE ACT

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                          HON. PATRICK MEEHAN

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 18, 2011

  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my continued support for 
H.R. 639, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. This legislation will 
provide the United States an important tool to address unfair currency 
manipulation practices, and I hope that it can receive a debate and a 
clean, up-or-down vote in the House.
  I voted against the Motion to Recommit to H.R. 3078, the U.S. 
Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Act because it was a poison pill 
motion that would have derailed this important, carefully negotiated 
trade agreement that enjoyed the support of President Barack Obama as 
well as 262 bipartisan members of the House. Were one word to change in 
the U.S.-Colombia agreement, this agreement, that has taken years to 
reach, would have lost its legislative protections in the Senate under 
the Trade Promotion Authority Act. Doing so would have killed this 
agreement and further delayed action to level the playing field for 
U.S. workers and create jobs here at home.

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