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On the recordNovember 5, 1997
I voted against NAFTA. So I think I have some legitimacy here. I am not debating that some of the agreements we have entered into in this country--you can't say only the ones entered into under fast track. We have entered into a lot of other agreements that have had an impact. But I am not debating that there are agreements that have not been beneficial to the balance of trade to this country. What I am debating is that by not changing any of those agreements somehow things are going to get better. That is really the argument here--unless we make change in those agreements things will not get better. We cannot make those changes unless we have fast track.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the need for fast track authority to amend trade agreements.

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