that is the same in my State of Ohio. When we talk about numbers and the trade deficit, we talk about the millions of lost jobs, but it comes down to every family that loses a job, what they go through, every neighbor, every school district, the police and fire protection they lose, the equity in their house, all of the things that happen that destroy families and destroy communities. That is what we all need to remember when we are debating these large numbers and billions of numbers in trade deficits. I thank the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Otter). We were joined this evening in a very unusual bipartisan special order with Republicans, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goode), and Democrats, the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Davis), in opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement. ____________________
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