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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic'>This makes the TRADE Act
look moderate ; )<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Rabin, Ethan
[mailto:ethan.rabin@mail.house.gov] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 05, 2010 9:14
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Reps Taylor, Jones,
DeFazio and Stupak Introduce HR 4759 to Withdraw the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> from the North American
Free Trade Agreement</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Attached is a copy of the press release, the bill and some
handouts showing manufacturing job loss along with trade deficits with both <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>. We currently have 27
co-sponsors including my boss. We are going to continue working to grow
the co-sponsor list - so please alert your members to the introduction of the
legislation and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact
me.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ethan</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>HR
4579 Introduced to Repeal the North American Free Trade Agreement<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Contact:
Ethan Rabin 202-225-5772 <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
Brian
Martin 202-225-5772<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thursday February 25, 2010 (Washington, DC) - Representatives<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>Gene <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Taylor, Walter Jones, Peter DeFazio, Bart Stupak, Michael
Arcuri, Joe Baca, Roscoe Bartlett, Bruce Braley, Michael Capuano, Jerry
Costello, Bob Filner, Raul Grijalva, Phil Hare, Maurice Hinchey, Steve Kagen,
Marcy Kaptur, Dale Kildee, Larry Kissell, Dennis Kucinich, Mike McIntyreEric
Massa, Mike Michaud, and Ron Paul, Mark Schauer, Peter Visclosky, Charlie
Wilson and Lynn Woolsey introduced HR 4579 to repeal the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>NAFTA and similar free trade agreements have resulted in a 29% decline
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:place></u1:country-region>
manufacturing employment since 1993. NAFTA discourages investments in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:country-region></u1:place>
manufacturing facilities and accelerates the erosion of our industrial base.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In 1993 prior to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region></u1:country-region> entering into the North
American Free Trade Agreement, the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></u1:country-region>
had a trade surplus of $1.7 Billion with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:country-region></u1:place>.
By 2007 this trade surplus turned into a massive deficit that peaked at $75
Billion. As our economy declined in 2009 our trade deficit with <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:country-region></u1:place>
dropped to $47 billion. Our trade deficit with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:country-region></u1:place>
in 1993 was $11 Billion prior to NAFTA. By 2008 the trade deficit swelled
to $78 billion and dropped to $20 Billion with the decline of the economy in
2009.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Congressman Gene Taylor said that “I voted against this
legislation in 1993 because I knew that this trade agreement would lead to a
decline in jobs and our industrial manufacturing base. Just look at what
happened when the Department of Defense needed to rapidly build Mine Resistant
Ambush Protected vehicles.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>He went on to explain that “In 2007 the DoD decided to increase
the number of MRAPs in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:country-region></u1:place>
and bought 17,700 vehicles. Because of our diminished manufacturing
capacity, it took 9 different contractors working together to build all of
these vehicles. The decline in our manufacturing base left the
contractors without a trained workforce to build these vehicles. This led
to delays and choke points in production and overall delivery of the
MRAPS. This was a logistical nightmare. Without a sufficient
industrial base capable of mass production, we are forced to spend more
tax-dollars because each contractor had to train workers and re-invent the
parts for production. In some cases, we were dependent on foreign
countries. These contractors had to literally re-invent the wheel or
purchase the tires from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">France</st1:country-region></u1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:country-region></u1:place>.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:country-region></u1:place> has
lost 29% of its manufacturing base since 1993. Almost 5 million jobs have
left the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:place></u1:country-region>
and never returned. Before 1993 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:place></u1:country-region>
manufacturing jobs were responsible for approximately 17 million jobs. By
2009 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:place></u1:country-region>
manufacturing employment dropped to about 12 million workers. <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:State u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">Mississippi</st1:place></st1:State></u1:place></u1:State>
has been hit particularly hard losing 39% of its manufacturing jobs.
240,000 people worked in manufacturing jobs prior to NAFTA. As a result
of this trade agreement, 93,000 jobs have left the state.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u1:City u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Taylor</span></font></st1:place></st1:City></u1:place></u1:City>
concluded by saying “Timing is everything in life and it’s the
right time to pass this legislation. Proponents have had more than enough
time to make this work – It didn’t.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>###<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>__________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ethan Rabin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rep. Gene Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Legislative
Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>202-225-5772 (ph.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>202-225-7074(fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ethan.rabin@mail.house.gov<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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