PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO HR 2832 EXTENDING THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCE PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF HR 3078 UNITED STATESCOLOMBIA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF HR 3079 UNITED STATESPANAMA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF HR 3080 UNITED STATESKOREA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT

Full program:House Session
Oct 11, 2011

David DreierU.S. Representative
[R] California, United States

Length: 1 minute, 31 seconds


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00:00:00 MR.
00:00:01 DREIER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:00:02 MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF 30 SECOND TO SAY COLOMBIA HAS GONE THROUGH INCREDIBLE TRAGEDY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
00:00:08 IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AND THE SUFFERING THAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM WORCESTER HAS JUST SHOWN IS VERY, VERY DISTURBING.
00:00:19 I THINK WE SHOULD NOTE THAT WE HAVE SEEN AN 85% DECLINE OF THE MURDER RATE.
00:00:23 THERE ARE CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAS A HIGHER MURDER RATE THAT EXISTS IN COLOMBIA TODAY AND WE SHOULD ALSO OBSERVE AND I YIELD MYSELF 15 SECONDS, MR.
00:00:34 SPEAKER, WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE IT VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT IT IS SAFER TO BE A UNION MEMBER, A UNION LEADER IN COLOMBIA BECAUSE OF THE PROTECTIONS PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT THAN IT IS THE AVERAGE CITIZEN.
00:00:47 LET'S SOLIDIFY THOSE GAINS AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THESE AGREEMENTS WILL DO.
00:00:52 WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO YIELD TWO MINUTES TO A VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL INDIVIDUAL COMMITTED TO THE TRADE AGENDA, MY GOOD FRIEND FROM ILLINOIS, MRS.

Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds to say that Colombia has gone through incredible tragedy over the past several years. It has been absolutely horrible. And the suffering that my colleague from Worcester has just shown is very, very disturbing. But I think we should note that we have seen an 85 percent decline in the murder rate. In fact, there are cities in this country that have a higher murder rate than exist in Colombia today.

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