[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25282]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           VOTE ``NO'' ON THE U.S.-PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

  (Mr. HARE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HARE. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to encourage all of my 
colleagues to vote ``no'' on the Peru Free Trade Agreement. I just lost 
the third of four clothing factories in my district on Friday; 
hardworking men and women thrown out of work not because they couldn't 
do the job, but because they couldn't compete.
  We have a responsibility as Members, whether you are Republican or 
Democrat, from whatever State you come from, to stand up for the 
American workers. I can't go back to my district and I will not go back 
to my district and try to explain to my workers who are losing their 
jobs, if you will just wait until we pass another trade deal that this 
President is not going to enforce.
  I urge all of my colleagues to please vote ``no'' on the Peru Free 
Trade Agreement when it comes up. We can do much better, we owe it to 
our workers, and we will do much better.

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