Gwen Graham: “I say to the Senator, of all the exports that come in to Haiti, the…”

On the recordNovember 20, 2004

I say to the Senator, of all the exports that come in to Haiti, the vast majority come from the United States of America, including most of their food. Therefore, if the purchasing power of the Haitian people is even minimally increased, it will make a good neighbor and a good consumer of U.S. goods even more capable of doing so. So I agree with the Senator's economic assessment that the modest amount of aid that we are giving, not in the form of aid but rather aid through trade, will redound to our economic benefit as well as to our sense of national comity with our neighbors in the hemisphere.

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Gwen Graham

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Discussing U.S. trade and aid to Haiti during Senate floor debate.

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