Danny Davis: “I do not profess to know everything that CAFTA is going to do, but I…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2005

I do not profess to know everything that CAFTA is going to do, but I do know that when I wake up in the morning, my congressional district has lost more than 150,000 good-paying manufacturing jobs. I know that we make candy. We make a lot of it. We used to be called the Candy Capital of the World. But my candy makers are leaving because the price of sugar is too high. I was told and I was hoping that CAFTA would help reduce the price of sugar for my candy makers. It will not. Therefore, there is no reason for me to vote for CAFTA, and I shall not. Vote no for CAFTA.

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Danny Davis

Democratic · Illinois

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