The cuts would also spell an immediate and unjustified end to the Inter- American Foundation. This legislation should not pass. We need yuour help to substantially modify it or defeat it. This hemisphere is the second fastest growing economic region in the world. The opportunities for U.S. business and industry are immense.
Economic integration is a natural and desired course.
The President feels strongly about this commitment. As one pundit wrote recently, the President is attacking insecurity by confidently defining the future. Now is not the time to withdraw. The opportunities presented by greater integration in the hemisphere are vast. We will leave our children an expansive legacy if we seize them.