Marathon Pundit: Roskam applauds progress on long-stalled trade agreements

Monday, October 03, 2011

Roskam applauds progress on long-stalled trade agreements

Roskam with Marathon Pundit

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), the Chief House Deputy Whip, issued a statement about three long-delayed free trade agreements. Passage of the FTAs will be good news for Illinois' export-driven economy.

Roskam Applauds Progress on Long-Stalled Trade Agreements

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Peter Roskam, Chief Deputy Whip and member of the House Ways & Means Committee, issued the following statement after the Obama Administration sent the long-stalled Columbia, Panama, and Korea Free Trade Agreements (FTA) to Congress today. Roskam has traveled to South Korea, Panama, and Colombia to meet with the respective countries' leaders in support of these three agreements:

These three pro-export policies will make it easier for American manufacturers to sell our products overseas and in turn create jobs here. Republicans have been advocating for these commonsense no-cost job-creation policies for years. While our economy has unfortunately suffered as the Administration stalled on these agreements for the last years, it is very welcome news that the Administration is finally supporting them. With unemployment at 9.1% nationally, Washington has to be embracing commonsense solutions that remove barriers to private-sector job creation.