leave leave of absence requests for mr blue year of indiana for today mr davis of kentucky for today miss against colorado for today in the balance of the week mr engel of new york for today mr girl lack of pennsylvania for today mrs jones of ohio for today mr kind of wisconsin for today mr kirk of illinois for today mr stupak of michigan for today and mr cantor of ten without objection the request are granted remarks and include their in extraneous material or peterson may twenty third for five minutes mr burton today and may twenty second twenty third and twenty fourth for five minutes after bishop today and may twenty third and twenty four for five minutes and mr davis may twenty third for five minutes  california mr clark of new york mr full load of new jersey mr mcdermott of washington and miss  the house not in order gentlewoman from texas deserves our attention but help me in order the speaker thank you and thank you for your leadership as many of us have been doing over the past couple of years and months i paid tribute to a fallen soldier in my district this past weekend private jones was young and vibrant and loved by his family and those who loved him had to bury him  he is another of those now fallen from the violence in iraq we pay tribute to him for his great service and his love of country this is speaker it is time now for america to love her own even more it is time for our soldiers to come home as we prepare for the honoring of the old fallen in many wars it becomes more than a disservice to those brave men and women for the president not to join this congress in the resolution of this mr recht admission in order to ensure that our troops come home with accu lades and recognition because their mission has been successful the political mission is a failure and it's time now for us to vote on a supplemental that has beach benchmarks and as well timelines to redeploy troops whether to kuwait or otherwise outfields must come home i pay tribute to the fall and i pay tribute to private jones i yield back our there further one minute request of the speakers announced policy of january eighteenth two thousand and seven and under a previous order of the house the following members are recognized for five minutes each ms was laid from california gentleman from washington without objection gentleman is recognized for five minutes mr speaker in recent months the american people have been riveted by the disclosures surrounding the firing of eight u s attorneys including john mckay of my hometown of seattle the other day the number two person at the justice department testified before the senate judiciary committee even in jaded washington d c the revelations were so shocking that the washington post published an editorial which i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record let me read part of it james b kumi a straight and narrow gentleman number two official at the justice department yesterday offered senate judiciary committee an account of bush administration lawlessness so shocking it would be an unbelievable coming from a less reputable source the american people understand that political appointees are a fact of life what a new president takes office but the american people demand that competence and integrity overrule political party affiliation the justice department has thousands of desk dedicated public servants who know what it means to be respected and uphold the law and then there is gonzales the revelations began over the firing of eight u s attorneys now there is a new revelation about niggas alos trying to force the previous attorney general to agree to anything the white house w what else don't we know for the last six years congressional oversight was nonexistent what cases were priorities and what cases were not and why not what did and did not happen following the murder of an assistant u attorney in seattle my friend tom wales has been the assistant u s attorney in seattle under the previous administration he was a well respected law enforcement officer known for his pursuit of white collar criminals he was also a vocal and strong advocate for gun control tom was shot and killed in his home while working at his computer one late night an october if tom was killed as some suspect because of those he brought to justice that he died in the line of duty no one has ever been charged although there are news accounts that indicate authorities have a prime suspect now there is a new suspicion did the white house want its appointee in seattle john mckay fired in part because he was vigorously pursuing the tom wales case someone sent me a blog recently asking the same fundamental question why would justice not throw every available resource into finding tom's killer why would they not want the investigation by their own u s attorney in seattle to proceed with every possible resource some bloggers say it's all because tom's advocacy for gun control but the ad the answer may be tragically simpler maybe gonzales one of the republican u s attorney appointee in seattle to spend all his time on something else to find or if necessary invent voter fraud in a close washington governor's race narrowly won by the democrats could they have been that arrogant that on caring about the death of a good man an assistant u s attorney most people would have dismissed that notion until recently now the revelations about attorney general and the attitude he took toward cases perhaps sin quoting the murder of a federal officer in seattle cannot be adequately described by words shocking at this point i believe there are two necessary mandatory axes that must be taken the attorney general must now go his allegiance to partisan political interests above is old to uphold the laws of the united states is outrageous secondly even if it requires the appointment of an outside of independent prosecutor the justice department should have immediately vigorously and conclusively investigate the murder of tom wales and not stop until the killers charged and brought to justice we owe that to tom wales his family and every law enforcement officer who risks his or her life every day in service to the american people i ask unanimous consent that the washington post editorial about the good tourney generals firing and the testimony by mr cooney the entered into the record without objection you'll back the bounds of my time mr pole for five minutes without objection gentleman is recognized for five minutes to speak at today is the one hundred twenty five fifth day since two u s border agents in a federal prison agents ramos and copy on were convicted in federal court for wounding a mexican drug smuggler who brought seven hundred forty three pounds of marijuana across the border into texas days agent should have been commended for their actions but instead the u s attorney's office prosecuted agents and granted full immunity to the drug smuggler the extraordinary details surrounding the prosecution of this case assure that justice has not been sore and then interview this friday unarmed guy in the back that's his quote mistake i do not know how anyone a space of this federal prosecutor would choose to accept the word of a criminal over to law enforcement office which sworn to uphold the constitution and to protect the american people yet this prosecutor believe the word of a drug smuggler who claimed he was unarmed it is a sad day in this nation when a criminal has more influence with federal prosecutor than to law enforcement offices i will repeat that mr speaker it is a sad day in this nation when a criminal has more influence over thread or a prosecutor than two law enforcement offices both agents testified that the drug smuggler turned and pointed an object at them while he was running away and they fired in self defense an army doctor who removed the bullet fragment from the drug smuggler confirm that the bullet entered into his lawyer left buttocks passed through his pelvic triangle and lodged in his right not in the back as mrs sutton has repeatedly claim at the trial the army doctor testified that the drug smuggler's body was bladed away from the bullet that struck him consistent with the motion of a left handed person running away while pointing backward cause in the body to baker there is only one logical object object that the drug smuggler would have pointed at the agents at in this circumstance is a firearm in addition to this physical evidence an article published by the inland valley daily bulletin on october the twenty six of two thousand and six quotes two of the drug smuggler's family members who said and i quote he has been smuggling drugs since he was fourteen and would not move drugs unless he had a gun on him that is his own family that made that statement that facts have shown what kant was citizens and members of congress already know that the us attorney's office was one on the wrong side of this issue and this case i am pleased and grateful that chairman conyers and chairman leahy have shown interest in holding hearings to investigate the injustice committed against these two border patrol agents the conviction of these two agents is a travesty that tries out oversight and i hope that members of congress on both sides of the aisle was say thank you to mr conyers and also the chairman leahy  because they are willing to look for the truth and justice instead of injustice and i call on the present united states to please mr president look at this case and part these two border agents that were only trying to protect the american people and with chair mr wynn from maryland for five minutes without objection the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes i think the chair i rise to address two issues involving international economics the first is the world bank the entire world has been fixated on whether this or wolfowitz arranged one hundred ninety five thousand dollars for his paramour which shows how little attention we pay to things at the world bank that really matter because while we were focused on that no one focused in the media on the fact that the world bank is sending over one point three billion dollars roughly a quarter of it our tax dollars to the government of iran now we are told that this is for wonderful projects in iran having nothing to do with the government we here in the house understand something about politics one of the ways you get reelected one of the ways the iranian government holds on to power is to bring home the bacon i know it's not kosher i know it's not allow but that's what that government does and the world bank helps them do it now we saw how did the united states use its clout inside the world bank not to stop these loans to iran and not to stop their disbursements over two hundred million dollars being dispersed by mr wolfowitz and self but for only two goals one was to try to prevent the world bank from being involved in family planning and the other was to protect m wolfowitz is career notwithstanding is errors of judgment where is this administration when it comes to prioritizing and representing the national security interests of this country are rand is developing nuclear weapons and all we can do with our clout in the world bank is try to protect one individual of flawed judgment second i'd like to address the idea of granting fast track to this administration i am sure that when the president seeks an extension of fast track he will offer those of us on the democratic side all kinds of wonderful promises but keep one thing in mind and a trade deal that requires on this president for enforcement will be enforced only to the extent this president wants that in force look at the iran sanctions act this president refuses to acknowledge that any facts exist that require him to even decide what to do with regard to and investments in iran i assure you that if we sign a deal with the best possible labor standards but presidential enforcement and something were to come to pass perhaps a coup in peru and all of a sudden every labor leader in the country is shot in cold blood this president will not act to enforce those labor standards he may express some concerns but any agreement with involving our trade where the which requires this president to acknowledge facts occurring on the ground is a nullity except to the extent that the president chooses to because we could have a circumstance where there is no enforcement of corporate interests without presidential action and he will act and we could have a circumstance where there is no in forstmann of labor standards without presidential action and you can be sure he will not so i look forward to changing the policies of this administration let us hope that at the world bank we focus on preventing loans to iran rather than irrelevancies involving one particular pair and more and let us hope that this house takes responsibility for its responsibilities on article under article one of the constitution to deal with international trade issues in regular order and not to put american jobs on the fast track abroad i yield back without objection john the lady from new york is recognized for five minutes thank you mr speaker it gives me great pride and pleasure today to rise to inform the house on friday may eighteenth this past friday haitians throughout the diaspora celebrated haitian  day since the creation of the haitian flag on may eighteenth eighteen o three the day has been observed as haitian flag day to haitian americans throughout the diaspora this day has become a source of pride synonymous with unity and a symbol of freedom and individual liberty for haitian people later this week i will introduce legislation to commemorate this historic and celebrate of event the eighteenth of may haitian flag day is the most celebrated holiday in haiti just to put this day in context for most americans there is some historical facts that i'd like to share with you napoleon bonaparte envisioned a great french empire in the new world he had hoped to use the mississippi valley as a food and trade center to supply the island of hispaniola first he had to resort french control of his  navigation of the river surprised and delighted by the french offer of the whole territory the they immediately negotiated the treaty at one stroke the united states would double in its side an enorm of land would be open to settlement and the free navigation of the mississippi was would be assured of all the constitution does not specifically empower the federal government to acquire new territory by treaty jefferson concluded that the practical benefits to the nation far outweighed the possible violation of the constitution the senate concurred with this decision and voted ratification eight october twentieth eighteen zero three this is all precipitated by the revolution of three slaves on the island of haiti the spanish who had never given up a physical possession of the louisiana to the french did so in a ceremony at new orleans or nov thirtieth eighteen zero three and in the second ceremony december twentieth eighty three the french turn louisiana over to the united states i would like to also honor those brave patients who fought for savannah in the fall of seventeen seventy nine this unit was comprised of over five hundred free men of color from the island of haiti and was the largest unit of men of african descent to fight in the american revolution the battle of savannah on october ninth seventeen seventy nine reminds us that significant foreign resources of men money and material contributed to the eventual success of the cause of american independence the presence of the says you send so volunteered this and the men gay was made up of three men who volunteered for this expedition is startling to most people and surprising to most historians men of african heritage were to be found or most battlefields of the revolution in large numbers a subsequent unit of haitians was part of the french and spanish campaign against pensacola where they faced some of the same regiments of british british troops that their comrades faced in savannah haidee much smaller in population than the united states was attacked by armies as large as those sent against america by britain the haitian victory over the legion napoleon was achieved with much less foreign assistance than the united states enjoyed it is these types of historical events put in the context of our nation today that we celebrate with the haitian americans in the diaspora their accomplishments and achievements in the growth and development of our nation many key figures in the haitian war of independence gain military experience political inside their participation as a vanna most notably how to recreate stole a young youth at the time but in his adult years a general of haitian armies and king of his nation for the fourth for fourteen years thank you very much m mr burton from indiana is recognized for five minutes but without objection the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for five minutes this is speaker i rise to congratulate the people of armenia on the may twelfth parliamentary elections this is the first positive the sussman of an election in the former soviet republic since it gained independence in one thousand nine hundred one this encouraging outcome will most certainly enhanced and deep in us army relations while also elevating armenia's reputation regionally and internationally over the past few months u s administration officials in washington in your of on have stressed the importance of these elections and explained that substantial improvement must be made based on public preliminary reports armenia has fulfilled the test set forth by the administration and received a free and fair stamp of approval the international election observation mission issued a statement which read in part and i quote the election is assessed in line with o s c e and council of europe commitments other international standards for democratic elections and national legislation i'm especially pleased that the us embassy in armenia joined the chorus of praise with its own assessment which reads and again i quote we share the satisfaction of international observers that the election infrastructure both legal and technical has been greatly improved mr speaker i join in sharing the pride of our embassy in the contributions we have helped make in advancing the course of democracy in the rule of law in armenia these results are the best evidence to date that our assistance to this fledgling republic is indeed serving its intended purpose our shared values and the strong bonds between the united states and armenia will no doubt continue to expand in doing so we will continue to foster democracy in armenia and work toward stability in the south caucasus region earlier this year dozens of my colleagues joined me in sending a letter to the chairman of the house state foreign operations appropriations subcommittee calling for seventy five million dollars in assistance for armenia in fiscal year two thousand and eight as the appropriation process continues i'd like to remind my colleagues of this request and renew it again today this is systems demonstrates our commitment to armenia which is a friend and a supporter of u s policies for peace and security in that part of the world armenia's achievement also addresses concerns expressed by the millennium challenge corporation with respect to these elections armenia has met the necessary threshold and i'm confident that the people and the government of armenia will only continue to improve upon their accomplishments in achieving the standards and norms of a democratic society and accordingly i urge the m c c to fully fund its compact with armenia in an expeditious manner these elections are in a stork step towards a fully democratic armenia a goal to which the nation has demonstrated its commitment and leadership in the region through democratic reforms i congratulate the people of armenia for this without objection the gentle lady from ohio is recognized for five minutes yes mr speaker congress is now faced with a so called new trade policy with regard to peru panama colombia and south korea but this deal is not a new direction for trade it's a variation of the same old theme we have seen how nafta has sucked a million good jobs out of our country and ruined millions of lives in mexico and driven so many desperate illegal immigrants across our border we've seen how so called free trade with a closed manipulative china has led to soaring deficits increasing outsourcing of our jobs and lax labor and environmental standards not just in asia but around the world in a race to the bottom tainted chinese food is not just being sent here for our pets but for our people the trade policy released last week does not make any major changes to this trade regimen it does not yield does not aim at  balanced set of trade accounts for our country or even opening the close markets of the world it doesn't fix agreements that aren't working to our advantage or even to be fair to both sides there's nothing in this deal about the privatization of public works for example in water and sanitation or health care that are inherent in what has been negotiated if democrats oppose privatizing social security here in the united states why would we require privatizing the peruvian social security system now why would we do that this nafta replica presents an nonbinding list of requests that has the illusion of enforceability but sacrifices more of our middle class to global investors in fact the u s chamber of commerce has said it supports this rehashed agenda because of and i quote assurances that the labor provisions cannot be read to comply with ilo conventions these repackaged nafta agreements do not reflect a desire for a new trade model that many members of congress and vast majorities of the american people expect and i am truly saddened that those who have cobbled these deals together make light of the people of our country and other countries who have been so deeply hurt by these agreements by denying them a seat at the tables of testimony in this very congress in fact their methods are most democratic last march c and wall street journal conducted a poll asking the american people do you think free trade agreements between the united states and foreign countries of help the united states have hurt the united states or have not made much of a difference forty six percent respondents answered u s trade agreements have hurt this country only twenty eight responded half as many said they have helped the american people want free trade among free people and they want to trade policy that encourages u s economic growth and job creation here at home it is irresponsible to continue to reword the same agreements and expect that our constituents are naive enough to accept it as real change a new trade policy must respect the dignity of work the rule of law the equality of sexes the nobility of the environment and the value of the person we cannot continue to stand for trade policies binding or not that degrade the value of the working class and cost money jobs and lives as we see in the wake of nafta and in all of the trade agreements that mirrored it our constituents realize that our current trade policy is more harmful than helpful and before we encourage the remaking of nafta for peru colombia panama south korea we need to revisit u s trade policy and make comprehensive changes we cannot extend fast track until we fix what is wrong with existing agreements that yield these jobs haemorrhages i applaud those of our distinguished colleagues who are here this evening who are working very hard to change this trade model to make it thorough to make it fair to make it a balanced situation for the people of our country and to treat the people of the third world with respect i look forward to participating in genuinely  reshaping the future of international trade to reshape jobs being created here at home in the economic policies that are so vital to the future for our people in order that they can move into the middle class again rather than falling out we have a long way to go from florida for five minutes thank you mr speaker i rise in recognition of the second annual jewish american heritage month which takes place in communities across the country each may jewish american heritage month promotes awareness of the contributions american jews have made to the fabric of american life from technology and literature to entertainment politics and medicine as we are all well aware the foundation of our country is built upon the strength of our unique cultures and backgrounds while our diversity is our strength ignorance about many cultures is still prevalent because jews make up only two percent of our nation's population most americans have had few interactions with jews and jewish culture the limited understanding of jewish traditions and the jewish experience and the historical role jews have played in our nations development contributes to stereotypes and practice prejudices about jews and the jewish community for example according to the federal bureau of investigation most recent hate crime statistics report that sixty nine percent of criminal incidents motivated by religious biases stemmed from anti jewish prejudice like black history month and women's history month jewish american heritage month recognizes the abundance of contributions american jews have made to the united states over the last three hundred fifty three years it is my hope that provoked by providing the framework for the discussion of jewish contributions to our nation we will be able to reduce the ignorance that ultimately leads leads to anti semitism one way jewish american heritage month counters these prejudices is broad dividing educators the opportunity to include american jews in discussions of history as well as highlighting the leadership of members of the jewish community in significant historical event for example it might surprise many to learn that it was an american jew irving berlin who wrote the lyrics to the song god bless america even the very foundations of our country were in package by jews time solomon a jewish man was one of the largest financier's of the american revolutionary war and rabbi walking prinz was a passionate civil rights activist appearing on the podium just moments before dr martin luther king delivered his i have a dream speech and the list goes on mr speaker mr speaker this is why communities across the country have come together to celebrate jewish american heritage month two years ago the jewish community in south florida approached me with the idea to honor the contributions of american jews with a designated month each year as the concept gained momentum two hundred fifty of my colleagues joined me as original co sponsors of a resolution urging the president to issue a proclamation for this month senator arlen specter led the effort in the senate and together the house and senate unanimously passed resolutions supporting the creation of jewish american heritage month president bush proclaimed the month of may as jewish american heritage month for the first time in two thousand six and again issued a proclamation this year mr speaker i'm pleased to announce the coalition of organizations has come together to develop curriculum and coordinate events this coalition called the jewish american heritage month coalition is led by united jewish communities the american jewish historical society the american jewish archives and the jewish women's archives the events can all be found on the national calendar of the jewish american heritage month coalition's website at w w w jewish heritage dot u mr speaker i want to pause for a moment and thank this coalition for their tireless efforts to promote the outstanding events across the country each day in may have been packed with programs celebrating the contributions of american jewry to our country with movies plays art exhibitions speakers musical performances and innovative educational curricula the jewish american heritage month coalition and the jewish historical society of greater washington kicked off the month with a reception attended by several members of congress and about two hundred guests right here in washington the library of congress and the national archives and records administration have hosted still lectures and discussions about jewish contributions to america in my home state of florida there was a celebration of jewish music and a discussion of jewish contributions to the civil rights movement a new jersey minister middle school hosted an essay contest entitled i'm proud to be an american jew because philadelphia philadelphia hosted american jewish history through the arts a series of free programs that highlight the american jewish period and this past weekend the new york liberty about the women at pro women's basketball team hosted the w n b a s first jewish american heritage month basketball game but this season we have come a long way in recent years to promote appreciation for the multicultural fabric of the united states it is our responsibility to continue this education if we as a nation or for our to prepare our children for the challenges that lie ahead and teaching diversity as a fundamental part of that promise together we can help achieve this goal of understanding with the celebration of jewish american heritage month i thank my colleagues than than trade and the saving of our jobs back in our districts we're going to be hearing tonight from a number of my colleagues from the congressional labor working families caucus the house trade working group and members  someone who has taken upon himself to stand up for working people at the summit speaker like to recognize my colleague represent i think the damage from illinois for you know him to me and also for all the hard work that he has done in his short career in congress but in many years before that for america's workers i ri today with serious concerns about the trade policy of our country this is a concern shared by tens of millions of americans who have concerns every day about keeping their job or they've lost their jobs be able to find another job where they could possibly earn as much money as we see the trade policy of this country destroying so many good american jobs this trade policy has contributed a record high soaring trade deficit there's wage depression and a loss of a lot of these good jobs and with the panama peru colombia and south korea trade agreements pending congressional approval must take action now to correct the mistakes of previous trade agreements ensure that any new trade agreements benefit all americans be enforceable and be enforced it is clear that our previous trade agreements have not benefited everybody for evidence of this look no further than north american free trade agreement the damaging record that he has has provided to us since nafta was signed into law the u s has seen enormous amounts of production shift to mexico and canada while real wages for u s workers have fallen my district which includes parts of chicago and its suburbs in the larger great lakes region has been particularly hard hit by job losses this is been the case especially in manufacturing between one nine hundred ninety five and two thousand  than three million manufacturing jobs more than one third of this job loss occurred in the seven great lakes states were chicago and losing over one hundred thousand manufacturing jobs losses the manufacturing jobs are important and there are some people who say a job is a job it doesn't matter you lose these jobs you'll get a job well first of all manufacturing jobs are special america must be able to make products first for national security we must we'll make products but these manufacturing jobs are high paying jobs and they are jobs that add so much value and create other jobs in this country they offer high wages good benefits and it offers jobs to many americans who do not have college degrees when our manufacturing jobs lead to cheaper labor markets weaker labor standards lacks environmental protections and to countries practicing unfair trade practices workers are left behind in my district i hear constantly from manufacturers who are talking about their struggles to compete largely today against china china's manipulated currency which is largely undervalued all the work that these manufacturers are doing to try to keep jobs the united states unfortunately see so many of these jobs going so many of these plants closing in there what happens is workers in many many of them go looking for other jobs they find jobs and service sector ninety eight percent of the net new jobs in one thousand nine hundred were in the service sector unfortunately compensation the service industry is only eighty one percent of the manufacturing sectors average and then the influx of these displaced workers just drives down these wages even more yet still we always hear from those in favor of fully you know these flawed trade deals that trade creates more jobs and displaces unfortunately the facts show this is not the case in fact in the first ten years after nafta the displacement in production from the united states to mexico and canada directly led to a net loss of eight hundred seventy nine thousand u s jobs my state of forty seven thousand jobs mr hare knows very well he has seen it in his district how hard these losses of hits as i've seen them in my district this is decrease  average earnings our quality of life and our ability to provide for our families the fact that our government negotiated trade agreements that yielded these kind of results is at best and verifying we must ensure that these mistakes are not repeated in future trade deals this year congressional leaders on trade have been to go shooting with the administration to improve the pending trade deals with panama peru colombia and south korea  as complete there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure that we do not repeat the mistakes of nafta calf's and all our other fail trail's trade deals i hope in the coming weeks and months a congress can address these past failures and make trade work for everyone in this this also we must we must include addressing currency manipulation especially by china lack of enforcement of intellectual property which is again another problem that hits americans very hard on for subsidies they're given by some countries to some of their industries and dumping that is done all these greatly hurt the united states it we must make sure that all this is included in any time that we are dealing with trade in the livelihood of so many americans millions and millions of americans and their families depend on it working together with my my colleagues here to make sure that we create good trade deals for america and americans the purpose of american trade policy should be to create good jobs for americans the bottom line should not just be profits the bottom line has to be to live the work of millions of americans if we must make sure that we stand up strong every day for them and you know back to to mr hairdo to continue i  it's my honor to introduce representative keith ellison for as much time as you mike sume well mr herr thank you for leading us in this very important special order the night trade is one of the critical issues facing our nation let me say that on the campaign trail mr hare missed but mr speaker excuse me we found myself talking about jobs employment and opportunity to people on a daily basis whether i went to the suburbs in areas or  the heart of minneapolis i could talk to people about trade it wasn't just people who are in labor unions also mr speaker was people who had small businesses one particular business that does a metal plating service was very concerned about trade and expressed to me how vital it was that they be able to continue to compete with other companies around the world that do metal plating but that they were at jeopardy and loss of business all the time due to trade policy so whether you're a small business person farmer worker no matter who you may happen to be trade policies are affected our country and we need to be very clear about it and as i was on the campaign trail i ran into people who are recent immigrants who are concerned about immigration policy and mr speaker here's what they told me they said look prior to nafta you know we were doing ok where we live but after nafta it got a lot harder to run a farm and certain southern parts of our country and we just couldn't make a go of it anymore so some folks started moving north now the fact is we have to understand that whether you're talking about small business people trade unionists people who have been forced to immigrate the matter what you're talking about trade policy is critical and so when i was on the campaign trail mr speaker one of the things i made very clear to people is that i was concerned about trade that i wanted to do something about free and we need a model for trade that said that we were not going to export our jobs we were not going to incentivize sin in our jobs a way we were going to care about the human rights of people of rod we're going to care about our small businesses here and we're going to have a new trade policy that said that americans who are trying to make the american dream and to experience prosperity could do it right here and would not be subject to an unfair trade policy of our nation so mr speaker i set about this this journey working hard working with my colleagues in the freshman class to talk about trade and how we can get a better trade deal mrs speaker and so i am very concerned about these issues on may tenth two thousand and seven the bush administration and congressional leadership talked about a new bipartisan cooperation deal on trade and i'm not saying that the deal is bad or good what i'm saying is that we've got to be very clear very careful about how we proceed forward i am happy about the announcement of labor standards and environmental standards of course those things are good but you know what mr speaker we can't rearrange the deck chairs on the titanic we need a whole new boat we need a new model we need a new way of going forward the deal covers changes to certain provisions of the bush negotiated free trade agreement with peru panama but also the colombian korea south korea the legal sex of the propose agreement have not been made public those summaries have been shared with members of congress we appreciate the chairman's willingness to work with the a f l cio and labor and are pleased to see a commitment to the international labor standards on them in the may tip agreement however we have got to be careful as we go forward because ultimately it is going to be the bush administration responsible for enforcing these labor standards and we are a little skeptical let me be clear we remain concerned i remain concerned over the future of fast track authority and the proposed boat korea and the colombia free trade agreements and congress these  authority over trade policy as we move forward we are concerned and i mean speaking for myself i am concerned that as we go forward that we make sure that we have a new model on trade a new commitment to the working people of america a new commitment to the human rights and environmental rights around the world i fear that the