Francisco Canseco: “I would like to, first of all, thank Chairman Kevin Brady for his leadership on trade, and for organizing this very…”

“I would like to, first of all, thank Chairman Kevin Brady for his leadership on trade, and for organizing this very important Special Order. Mr. Speaker, right now the number one concern of the American people is job creation. Over the past 2\1/2\ years, the Obama administration's solution for job creation has been nothing more than more spending, more borrowing, more taxing, and it simply has not worked. Instead of job creation, all that the American people have gotten is more debt. Since the day he was sworn into office, President Obama has been sitting on a no-cost jobs solution in the form of our pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. Together, these three agreements have the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs by opening up the markets of our trading partners to U.S. exports, which would drive job creation and economic growth here at home. Several of my colleagues have already spoken of the importance of these agreements, so I will discuss the importance of these agreements to my home State of Texas. {time} 2000 While the Texas economy is very diverse, an important pillar is agriculture. In the 23rd District of Texas that I have the privilege of representing, the beef industry is a very important part of the economy, as is cotton. All of these three pending trade agreements represent huge opportunities for Texas agricultural producers.…”