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Neil Abercrombie: “Would the gentleman agree then that the President of the United States is all for free trade, unless it happens to be…”

On the recordApril 20, 2004
Would the gentleman agree then that the President of the United States is all for free trade, unless it happens to be with oil, and in that instance then he seems to have no problem at all with a cartel being able to decide how much it is going to produce, when it is going to produce it and how much it is going to charge for it? Would the gentleman agree that when it comes to free trade, that is a foreign term to the President, that is a foreign term to the free trade people in this country, who want us to be able to send our jobs overseas, want free trade and the free circulation of international funds for the purpose of that trade, except when it comes to oil and the oil cartels?
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii
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Questioning the President's stance on free trade and oil during a floor debate.

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