Ben Cardin: “I yield myself 1 minute to correct the record. To my friend in Virginia who quoted AIPAC, the letter was the letter…”

“I yield myself 1 minute to correct the record. To my friend in Virginia who quoted AIPAC, the letter was the letter addressed to me that complimented the manner in which we have worked in a bipartisan manner to deal with the Arab boycott, in both the Bahrain agreement and the Oman agreement; but it does not talk about support for this legislation. I would also point out that our friends from the WTO have been pretty clear about the dispute settlement system working: ``It must not be possible for one country to evade its operations simply by proclaiming its national security is involved, however farfetched such a claim may be. Yet when national security is really involved, laws that are contrary to international trade rules must be permissible.'' But they said that ``no country should be allowed to be the judge and jury of its own cause.'' We don't give away our national sovereignty, but we are able to be second-guessed by a dispute settlement panel. They can rule against us, and have ruled against us, and they can put pressure on us through tariffs so we in fact compromise our security. Mr. Speaker, I now yield 3\1/2\ minutes to a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, an expert on international trade and worker rights, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin). (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)”