[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16223-16224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            WHITE HOUSE SIGNING OF THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

  (Mr. MICHAUD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call to the attention of 
the American people the fact that last Friday the President signed the 
implementing legislation for Colombia, Panama, and Korea free trade 
agreements.
  My colleagues and the American people might have missed it, because 
that's what the President wanted. The American people don't support 
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flawed trade agreements, so the President signed them into law quietly.
  The White House issued no press releases or statements. No photos 
were taken, no signing pens were publicly handed out.
  If these jobs are the job creators the President promised us that 
they would be, then why wouldn't we have a public ceremony highlighting 
the signing of the FTAs? It's because these FTAs aren't going to create 
American jobs. They might create jobs in Korea and China, but they 
won't create them here at home.
  If I were the President, I'd want to keep these agreements quiet too.

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