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Byron Dorgan: I wonder if the Senator will agree that, while fast track is making new agreements and shoving them through the Congress…

On the recordMay 22, 2002
I wonder if the Senator will agree that, while fast track is making new agreements and shoving them through the Congress with no amendments, efforts to correct the problems in trade that are faced by so many American workers and so many businesses cannot get any action, let alone slow-track; they get no movement at all. Is that not the case?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Questioning the fast track trade authority and its impact on American workers and businesses.

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