[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 PASS THE COLOMBIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

  (Mr. BRADY of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Yesterday, China and Taiwan signed the free trade 
agreement to open up markets, create jobs and strengthen their 
economies. You have to ask yourself, if these two bitter political 
rivals can work together to boost their economies, why isn't this 
Congress taking up the free trade agreement with Colombia?
  Colombia's one of America's strongest allies. With our help, they've 
instilled rule of law, defeated the FARC terrorist group. They've 
created labor rights and lowered their crime rate, violence rate by 90 
percent. For 3 years, this Congress has done nothing. Other countries 
have now moved in line ahead of us, and our U.S. farmers are losing 
their sales to Colombia. Congress does nothing. Venezuela has imposed a 
trade agreement on our ally Colombia. This Congress does nothing. It's 
time for Congress to take up and pass the Colombia Free Trade Agreement 
this year.

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