[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 160 (Monday, October 24, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1914-E1915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    OPPOSITION TO H.R. 3078, THE U.S.-COLOMBIA FREE TRADE PROMOTION 
                  AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT (CFTA)

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 24, 2011

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 3078, the 
U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.
  I simply cannot vote for an agreement given the alarming level of 
anti-union violence in Colombia, which in 2010 had more union worker 
assassinations than the rest of the world combined. Despite the Labor 
Action Plan the Obama Administration negotiated with the Colombian 
government, implementation of the Action Plan remains insufficient.
  Without more meaningful steps taken by the Colombian government to 
protect workers and

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prosecute the perpetrators of anti-union violence, and to provide basic 
internationally-recognized worker rights, I cannot vote for the 
agreement before us today.

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