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, 10 seconds


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00:00:00 I YIELD MYSELF 30 SECONDS TO SAY THAT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT COLOMBIA'S NOT A SAFE PLACE.
00:00:06 I'M NOT CLAIMING THAT AT ALL.
00:00:07 AND THERE HAVE BEEN MURDERS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THERE.
00:00:10 IT STILL IS -- STILL IS A VERY DANGEROUS SPOT.
00:00:13 BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A MR.
00:00:15 GOMEZ WHO IS THE LEADER OF ONE OF THE THREE MAIN LABOR ORGANIZATIONS IN COLOMBIA HAS SAID THAT THE LABOR AGREEMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE ARE THE SINGLE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE LAST 50 YEARS OF COLOMBIA'S HISTORY.
00:00:32 WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, MR.
00:00:34 SPEAKER.
00:00:35 WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
00:00:37 BUT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
00:00:38 AND WITH THAT I RESERVE THE BALANCE

Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds to say that it's obvious that Colombia is not a safe place. I'm not claiming that at all. There have been murders that have taken place and it still is a very dangerous spot. But it's important to note that a Mr. Gomez, who is the leader of one of the three main labor organizations in Colombia, has said that the labor agreements included in this package are the single greatest achievement for social justice in the last 50 years of Colombia's history.

[Time: 18:10] We still have a long way to go, Mr. Speaker. We still have a long way to go, but progress is being made.

With that, I reserve the balance of my time.

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