Free Trade
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
The President has talked about the trade agreements with both South Korea, Colombia, and Panama; and I think this is an opportunity for us to be able to level the playing field to allow the American worker to win.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
I support the trade promotion agreements with Colombia, South Korea, and Panama. This is because I believe that these agreements are fair and present excellent opportunities for Louisiana companies.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
Nearly 700,000 American jobs have been lost as a direct result of NAFTA. Yet we stand this week ready to pass three more NAFTA-style trade agreements: Korea, Colombia, and Panama.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
I've been to Colombia, and unlike some South Americans, Colombians like Americans. They are a U.S. ally.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
Voting for the Colombia free trade agreement is a vote for violent union busting, for driving people from their land, for setting the American working man and woman up to compete on an unlevel playing field that will cost us jobs and livelihoods.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
Then after NAFTA was passed, we saw the beginning of these hemorrhaging trade deficits with Mexico, with Canada and, indeed, with the world.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
I urge my colleagues to support these bills and help get America back to work.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
I believe it is in the interests of both the United States and Colombia to subject this FTA to labor rights and human rights conditions.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
I rise today to express my support for the proposed free trade agreement with Colombia, which, of the three agreements we are considering today, is the one with which I have been most personally involved.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
Democrats, traditionally wary of free trade, are more ambivalent, but all three pacts are expected to pass easily