I want to take a positive approach and make this bill better. The bill before us falls short of the minimum meaningful effort. The rhetoric that surrounds the African Growth and Opportunity Act is certainly ambitious. It is the content that is insufficient. We must demand more of a U.S.-Africa trade bill than AGOA has to offer.
Ambitious plans can lead to rich rewards for both America and Africa.
Anything less promises failure, despair, and decades more of lost opportunity. Feingold has served on the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since he was elected in 1992. Attached is a brief description of Feingold's recent activity on African issues.