Free Trade
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 00:00
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of January 4, 2007, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mack) is recognized during morning-hour debate for 2 minutes.
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<br /> Mr. MACK. Madam Speaker, last week our allies in Colombia struck a blow for freedom against the terrorist organization known as the FARC. As we all know, the FARC supports its war against our friends in Colombia through drug trafficking, kidnappings, and the murder of innocent civilians.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 00:00
The statement was the closest a Bush administration official has come to saying the White House was intent on submitting the agreements to Congress, even if it can not work out a deal
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 00:00
The one small benefit it wants from us is Congress' passage of a free trade pact. Democrats are resisting it on scurrilous human rights and protectionist grounds
Monday, March 10, 2008 - 00:00
The FARC, on the Ecuadorean side, also do not promote the planting of coca crops as they do in Colombia nor do they blow up the oil pipelines that crisscross the region
Monday, March 10, 2008 - 00:00
Trade lobbyists expect the Bush administration to kick off a fierce election-year battle over trade by introducing legislation implementing the controversial Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) to Congress by the end of this week
Monday, March 10, 2008 - 00:00
Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, on February 28, 2008 we ratified the Andean Trade Preference Act, ATPA. Historically, these preferences have been decisive in encouraging both development and liberalization in a key region. Renewing them is an important step in our relations with the region, but we should also be realistic, and sophisticated, in our expectations for what these preferences can accomplish.
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 00:00
U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab told Congress on Thursday "the time is now" to approve a free trade agreement with Colombia, rather than wait for that country to make more progress in reducing violence against trade unionists
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 00:00
Congress must consider legislation overhauling a program that helps workers who lose their jobs because of foreign competition before taking up pending trade agreements, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 00:00
The administration's top trade official urged Congress on Thursday to act on free trade agreements this year, but Senate lawmakers made clear that won't happen until displaced workers are better protected
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - 00:00
In the end, the case for the Colombia trade agreement isn’t just economic and geopolitical, it’s logical and moral