tomorrow we will vote on fast track, expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement to dozens of other countries. NAFTA cost tens of thousands of American jobs. So does fast track. NAFTA threatens the safety of our food supply. So does fast track. NAFTA weakens our environmental laws. So does fast track. To get fast track through Congress, Speaker Gingrich and President Clinton are wheeling and dealing like we have never seen before: deals on the census, on family planning, on health care and campaign contributions. Let us reject the wheeling and dealing by Speaker Gingrich and President Clinton. Vote no on fast track.
Sherrod Brown: “tomorrow we will vote on fast track, expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement to dozens of other countries.…”
On the recordNovember 8, 1997
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Opposing fast track legislation related to the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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