with colombia. in short, we owe it to u.s. workers and exporters to approve this agreement now and to press the president for prompt implementation. it's not only consider -- we don't only consider the economic benefits to this. this has left strong allies out in the cold. colombia sits with the united states on the u.n. security council and chairs its iran sanctions committee. colombian troops have served alongside u.s. troops at war and colombia has been training militaries and police around the world in counternarcs and counterinsurgency. as five former commanders of u.s. southern command have said, and i quote this agreement will meet our duty to stand shoulder to shoulder with colombians as they have stood by the united states as friends and allies, end quote. . i urge my colleagues to support this important agreement and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: i'm privileged to recognize mr. pascr

i think the colombia of today is not the colombia of 10 years ago or even five years ago. much to the credit of mr. levin who worked tirelessly to make sure we had a labor action plan to work with colombia, to improve labor rights and protections, he thinks it should be a part of the body of the agreement. i think it's being implemented as we speak now and it's not necessary but the santos administration realizes it's in their best interest to do more to enhance labor rights in colombia and i think a large part of the credit goes to the gentleman seated next to me, mr. levin, but we're just 4% of the world's population. of course we have to have a proactive trade agenda the question is whether we'll be a member of a ruled-based trading system or not. these trade agreements now have core international labor and environmental standards in the bulk of the agreement, fully enforcement with -- enforceable with every other agreement of that's an attempt to elevate standards upwards rather than seeing the race to the bottom so many of my colleagues are concerned about. that's the

in colombia today? death threats and death squad activities against you and your family. colombia is the most dangerous place on earth for workers to cheers their rights. during the last eight years, 570 union members were assassinated. 10% of the thousands of killings over the last 25 years have been resolved. the frontier is undenable. i appreciate that they have brought labor rights into the equation and agreed to a labor action plan requiring them to change labor laws and fight violence. but the plan is flawed. it only demands results on paper, it does not demand real change. colombia could have a record year for assassinations and still meet the requirements of the plan. and sure enough, real change is yet to come to come yeah. since president santos took office last year, 48 trade unionists have been murdered, 16 since the labor action plan was announced. this past june, i met with union leaders about his concerns with the free trade agreement and told me that he was not provided protection. that

colombia. a couple of facts. because of the trade pact renchable act, colombian goods that come to the united states already basically come almost tariff free this would even it out so our products, created by american labor here, can go to colombia with the same preferential treatment. fact numb one. fact number two, the chairman talked about this, i keep hearing about this colombia which is really frankly a caricature, an offensive caricature of what colombia really is. . as if we can throw these things out there, pretending it doesn't mean anything. colombia is a democratic ally, mr. speaker. they have taken incredible steps to move forward to lower violence, to lower crime, to lower narcotrafficking. they are even now training police forces across the world, including mexico, in their fight against narcoterrorism. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. camp: an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: a democratic

colombia to address the extreme violence that exists today in colombia. not just against colombia's but colombia to our workers who are trying to increase their wages or get better working conditions in their place of work. and my understanding is that it was a pretty good agreement on how can afford to make sure that colombia will not try to allow its employers to suppress the opportunities for its workers to engage in meaningful activities to protect their wages come increase their wages or protect their opportunities and rights at the workplace. i appreciate that you're relying on the good faith of the colon in government to try to move forward the terms of that plan that was agreed to. not just as the bank didn't rely on your good faith to pay the mortgage, nor would you rely if you ever sell the house on the good faith of the buyer to pay you as well, i do believe that united states, more importantly americans and american workers should rely on good faith of another country to make sure that it's competing with our workers raised solely on a handsha

colombia is killing -- colombia is killing trade jobs all the time. shame, shame, shame. [applause] >> colombia is killing trade union leaders. we want jobs here. trade kills jobs. >> should i finish? [laughter] >> i'm just about done. >> senator hatch? >> let's start a colombia it was a poster child for the failed narco state thanks largely to the brave leadership of key colombian government officials, the story is very different today. colombia's economy is growing. and employment is up. and violence is markedly decreased. institutional reforms are creating a stronger and more vibrant democracy. land reform and reparations for restricts of violence continue to advance in an unprecedented effort to heal the wounds of the past. along the way the united states provided important support for colombia. approval of our fta with colombia will reaffirm our support for colombia and its long battle for democracy and long-standing commitment to the rule of law as well as provide important new market access -- >> that's not what -- >> panama is a thriving democracy. with one of the

with colombia. in 2007 our farmers accounted for 44% of the agricultural business in colombia. by 2010 that number fell to 21%. these agreements are about the future. as americans we have enjoyed an unprecedented quality of life because we make things other people can't. and we make common goods better than anyone else. that's still the case. in my district we make the world's most advanced waivers in the semiconductor industry and advanced medical devices. we are poised to continue our excellence if we make the right choices. today making the right choices means working in a bipartisan way. working with the obama administration and acting a key provision of the president's job plan. it means passing these free trade agreements before the house this week. i urge my colleagues to support these bills and help get america back to work. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlelady from nevada, ms. berkley, for five minutes. ms. berkley: thank you, mr. speaker.

with colombia? i don't. there'sism -- there's impunity meaning little punishment as a result. >> host: republican from new jersey, go ahead, harvey. >> caller: yes, good morning. nice to see you back. you're a frequent visitor on c-span. i wondered if you'd be so kind to tell us why you were one of the persons who voted against the simpson-bowles recommendations. please be specific. >> guest: i'm happy to. i not only voted "no," but if you ask alan simpson, he'll tell you that i proposed my own alternative which did not cut middle class and low income people and have an effect on them, but still did reach primary budget balance which was the goal of the simpson-bowles mission that i sat on, and so i made a number of cuts, even some cuts, for example, on medicare. i said, we could save a lot of money if medicare were able to negotiate with the pharmaceutical companies were lower drug prices, so i looked at expenditures and cutting those, and also reasonable and fair increases in revenue. i did look c

colombia is not a perfect country.as we build up relationships and we partner together, we change ideas and learn from each other. we become better. we do not become perfect, but we become better. as we work with others and reach out across this great land we can approve -- improved the rights of workers. we can improve the environmental situations across this world. in my visit to colombia, i had an opportunity to meet with two factions, two different unions. more than one at union, two factions representing different unions. one union group was in favor of the trade agreement. all of their argument for the agreement were based on the economy. on their jobs, on their families, and on their relationship. on the other side, the argument was all political. i asked the question of the union leaders who were against this agreement with colombia, what can we do to improve this agreement? their answer was, you can do two things. one, removed the president. and two, remove president bush. both of those things have happened. w

we approve our free trade agreement with colombia, we will help colombia solidify and build on these gains and we will reap for ourselves the benefits of our significant investment in this important country. panama has been a friend and ally since its earliest days as a nation. in the early 20th century, the united states built the panama canal, which means the world's greatest commercial hub. we help the panamanian people restore democracy in 1989 after 20 years of military rule. today, panama is among the fastest growing countries in the western hemisphere. it is both a crossroads of international trade and a global financial center. it is also a close partner in the fight against illegal drug trading. the panama free trade agreement will further strengthen our relationship for decades to come. south korea is a strategic ally in the region, clearly vital to u.s. national interests. despite living under the threat of a serious and dangerous neighbor, south korea has become the 15th largest economy in the world and last year served as president of the g-20 group of countries. this ag

agricultural exports enjoy duty-free exports to colombia. once the agreement enters into force, almost 70% by value of current u.s. agricultural exports will be able to enter colombia duty-free immediately. in addition, the agreement will give american service prosliders greater access to colombia's 134 billion services markets. that will help to level the playing field. since 91% of our imports from colombia have enjoyed duty-free access to our markets under trade prrch programs. the -- preference programs. this includes state-of-the-art provisions to enforce intellectual property rights, reduce regulatory red tape and reduce regulatory barriers to exports. it contains the highest standards for protecting labor rights, carrying out coverage, environmental agreements and ensuring that key domestic labor and environmental laws are enforced combined with strong remedies for noncompliance. colombia has already made significant reforms related to obligations it will have under the labor chapter. a number of these steps have been taken in fulfill

>> 5 aÑos tardÓ en ratificarse el tratado con colombia.ograr tambiÉn los acuerdos con panamÁ y corea del sur. convenios comerciales que abren grandes oportunidades para los cuatro paÍses involucrados. las flores colombianas y miles de productos podrÁn ingresar ahora a estados unidos libre de arancel. >> hoy es un dÍa histÓrico para las relaciones entre colombia y estados unidos. es un dÍa histÓrico para la inserciÓn de colombia en el mundo. >> para el senador, este acuerdo firmado el 22 de noviembre del 2006, aunque bienvenido, llega un poco tarde. hay una ventaja con que se han demorado 6 aÑos, hoy la Única esperanza no es el mercado norteamericano que suficientes dificultades tienen. >> el resto va mÁs allá de estados unidos. >> poder crecer no solamente basados en la demanda interna sino en los mercados. no es sÓlo con estados unidos, sino con el resto del mundo. >> este paÍs tiene una deuda con los requisitos del tlc. >> colombia, lamentablemente a y el global, tiene un rÉcord: asesinatos de sindicalistas. impunidad. >> todos creen que

one year alone in colombia.and the numbers are a little bit confusing because that includes folks who are not necessarily labor organizers. people who in some cases were educators, maybe members of the labor union. 205 people in one year. can you imagine in this country if 205 labor leaders, organizers were murdered in a year. that's a smaller number than us. it's a huge number. the numbers have come down. in one of our conversations yesterday with our labor leaders in delaware, one of them shared with me the number reported by the columbian government this year is, i think, 22 as of the early part of this month. that's 22 too many. apparently about half of those folks that have been killed are teachers who have been targeted by criminal elements by the drug folks, the drug gangs because the threat that each teachers, educators pose to their ability to, the drug folks to destabilize that country. so they're a target as well. the colombia government has provided -- i kind of describe it almost like a witness prot

una manifestaciÓn en colombia, protesta de piernas cruzadas.esidencia del vicepresidente tambiÉn se iluminÓ esta noche. >> llegamos al final con la Última informaciÓn del dÍa. gracias por su atenciÓn. nos vemos maÑana. televisa presenta: ♪ mÍrame ya me ves ♪

war on colombia because of the years. tradition we'd never expect that the sides of that war. escobar revealed his true personality a psychopath who orders the murders of everyone who might be involved in processing his extradition judges journalists politicians police anyone. during this period of terror an estimated ten thousand full victim to ask about his killing spree for some time we will go outside after obama. and see him body parts you're seeing small children infants that be killed simply because their parents were placed into . such incidents but the colombian authorities to act and they decide to eliminate the godfather a price is put on his head and he becomes public enemy number one. a blow escobar alias the doctor vanishes from sight. a french t.v. crew that had been working on another story comes across ask about the bush. the subsequent interview is a major scoop and the first time a european media has ever filmed the drug traffic up. front of the camera escobar goes to some lengths to justify himself jus

. >> esta republicana dice que no hay tanta violencia en colombia . >> dicen que en colombia no se respetan. >> el irs 'departamento de recaudación de impuesto' reclama una deuda de millones de dólares. >> las autoridades de san mateo quemaron un millón y medio de dólares de marihuana, en otro lugar había un rifle de quienes custodiaban el narcótico . >> el hospital es el único reconocido en estados unidos por el tratamiento encefalocraneano, cada años los especialistas atienden a 1200 personas . >> al regresar... -. >>en california promulgan una ley que podría evitar polemicas como el de arnold schwarzenegger de favorecer al hijo de un amigo en una sentencia. >> ya regresamos . >> (♪ ♪ )n. >> estados unidos tiene un nuevo consulado en tijuana, desde allá tenemos los detalles. >> uno de los consulados más activos del mundo necesitaba un arreglo, ya no daba para entrevistar a las más de 700 personas cada día . >> el nuevo consulado no sólo penso en seguridad, también en los servicios, porque la fila era una banqueta, ahora la sala de espera se divide en dos secciones. >> es mejor esperar, co

as long as a son and daughter in colombia he cannot relax. he decides to some of them to germany in europe. on the twenty seventh of november maria victoria on pablo and little manuel aboard a flight to frankfurt on the police escort and filmed by the t.v. crews. as kabab breathes a sigh of relief but although he doesn't know it yet but countdown to his iron hand has already begun sure balsa his wife and kids will give leave for a safe country. their only one but there's no country that wants them. plain goes backwards and forwards and eventually returns to colombia no one wanted anything more to do with pablo escobar. on the diplomatic pressure the german government sunday escobar family back home on the twenty nine fiasco back in colombia on the police protection they have no idea they have walked straight into the trap set by u.s. and colombian authorities. tell us a little they are asserting that once they'd been expelled from germany and what back in colombia they'd begin pressuring escobar in a big way. when they land the escobar family

. >> vamos a los comerciales y al regreso les contamos como colombia se quiere beneficiar del eta.ntra las fuerzas del orden,1 anuncio de eta podrÍa ser el ejemplo para que el proceso de paz confianza en colombia. vemos como recibiÓ juan manuel santos este anuncio. >> aunque el anuncio se dio en espaÑa, al otro lado del mundo generÓ reacciones en colombia. el presidente juan manuel santos escribiÓ: bienvenido anuncio de eta, ojalÁ farc sigan el ejemplo. >> lo mejor que pueden hacer estos grupos es tomar decisiones como lo hizo eta ayer de pedirle perdÓn a la poblaciÓn, de cesar la violencia. >> se reconociÓ en la marcha de quienes encuentran caminos diferentes a las armas. >> siempre serÁ importante que avanzan hacia otro mecanismo. >> sin embargo, alfredo rangel cree que es improbable que de las repercusiones en colombia. >> no creo que tenga una consecuencia inmediata para que las farc tomen el camino de la cesaciÓn de la violencia. >> para rangel estÁ claro que no al seguido los ejemplos. >> ni siquiera lo sintieron en el salvador cuando hicieron el impacto de paz y una desmovil

lo rescatable es que eric torres jones deÓ de su viaje a colombia y jugÓ los Últimos minutos.or de que este astoso entrmÉxico y brasil lo seguida usted por univisiÓn este martes. el delantero radamel lcao no hizo trabajo, en las eliminatorias. el tÉcnico se decidiÓ por teófilo gutiÉrrez. pasamos por la serie e campnato. los cardenales perdieron 9 a 6. se coirmÓ la lesión enl tobillo del venezolano ordÓÑez, que queda fuera de la campaÑa de los tigrede detroit. por cierto, su juego contra los rangers se postergÓ para maÑana por la lluvia. >> por eso porque jugamos tan pegado. esperemos a ver quÉ es lo que pasmaÑana. >> les recordÓ que la serie entre tigres y rangers la gana texas un juego cero. esto es todo. que pasen ustedes buenas noches. >> para la referida, nos vamos hasta tampa, florida, para presenciar una singur competencia no se trata de cr con destino. gana el que anza mÁs distancia despuÉs de caer de un puente. Éstos atos voladores tienen diseÑos de gran creatividad. al menos echaron a volar la imaginaciÓn. entre los jueces que esta evan longoria, de tampa bay. como di

this is colombia, not china. we don't have a trade agreement with china, and it would be in our interest -- i yield back. >> mr. byrd has a few seconds remaining or i will recognize mr. crowley and he can yield. >> mr. crowley is recognized for five minutes. >> my point was and is that when i hear people say these agreements are no-brainers, they have been sold to us under that dies before. only to discover afterwards that there are certain parts of the agreements that do not go down well with previously held positions that were enthusiastically supported by sectors of the economy. >> reclaim my time, mr. chairman. thank you for bringing all of these bills before us today. a great deal of work went into the development of these agreements. i want to thank the administration for moving forward. i was not going to speak on this bill, but i do have some comments for the record. i felt compelled momentarily to say something in regard to my colleague from illinois and the statements about what's we are trying to do by

> la expectativa en estados unidos alrededor de acuerdos comerciales con corea del sur, panamÁ y colombianuevos empleos. >>> cuando uno mira a estos tratados lo que vemos es que van a crear empleos en los estados unidos. porque no hay Áreas de competencia, particularmente con colombia y panamÁ. >>> incluso, en la casa blanca creen que con la ratificaciÓn del tratado de libre comercio que podrÍa ser firmado en prÓximos dÍas por el presidente barack obama, demostrÓ unidad republicana y democrÁtica frente al tema. >>> creo que el voto muÉstralo apoyo que tiene colombia dentro de nuestro congreso y tambiÉn, es un testimonio aliados go del presidente barack obama en esto. >>> en colombia las cifras son mÁs ambiciosos, crear gracias al tratado 250 mil nuevos trabajos en aÑos que vienen. >>> y los proceso de reglamentos e implementaciÓn del tratado de libre comercio pueden tardar un aÑo mÁs, mientras tanto los empresarios colombianos disfrutorÁn las beneficios de prech pre preferencias que habÍan sido autorizad autorizadas. >>> y quieren poner sanciones por el complot iranÍ para sesiÓn nar al em

democratas en el congreso han objetado anteriormente acuerdos comerciales con colombia. esta congresista republicana, que apoyara los tratados, indica que ya no hay tanta violencia contra los sindicalistas. pero ese es el tratado mas dificil para los democratas porque quieren decir que en colombia ya no se respetan los derechos humanos, y eso es 1 falsedad. la casa blanca necesita el apoyo republicano en el capitolio para aprobar los tratados. y los republicanos que dicen que crearan empleos, prometen aprobarlos rapidamente. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision. la escuela escuela secundaria wakefiled de arlington, acaba de recibir malas noticias, el departamento de educacion de virginia no le concedio la acreditacion total... segun las autoridades de educacion la medida temporal habria sido adoptada por el descenso del numero de estudiantes que se graduan... los educadores dicen que muchos estudiantes, especialmente latinos se ven forzados a dejar sus estudios.. una escuela que recibe una advertencia por tres anhos consecutivos pierde el sello estatal de aproba

clashes with police also yesterday congress passed the three free trade agreements with south korea colombia and panama meanwhile they blocked obama's jobs bill two days ago so does this show us where their priorities really lie at harrison's going to join us for that one and a new gallup poll shows the support for the death penalty in the united states has hit a thirty nine year low so we're going to talk about yet another execution that's coming out or guilt might be in doubt we'll have all of that for you and i am more including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. our as we just wrapped up the latest g.o.p. presidential debate earlier this week where it became pretty clear i think who the probable front runner is going to be and yet a new poll has everybody just blown away republican presidential candidate herman cain as pulled ahead of the pack we do have a new front runner at least for this month as herman cain he's the first choice of cain with a four point lead over mitt romney and sell bachmann has just wrapped up a meeting wi

. - en colombia un tribunal del cesar ordenó al ejército pedir perdón a los familiares de dos jóvenesro de la hija del alcalde de fortul, señalan que el crimen sería obra de inteligencia militar. - un fuerte sismo sacudió el viernes las costas de nueva guinea, el servicio geológico informó que el sismo tenía una parte donde 6.7 y se produjo con una profundidad de 45 km. >>sulema: tal como le anticipamos en nuestro informe del mundo, la lluvias azotan sin tregua al territorio centroamericano, tan delicadas de la situación que el presidente de el salvador unas horas atrás declaró estado de emergencia nacional, debido al mal tiempo que esta semana ha causado la muerte de seis personas y graves daños materiales, la medida permite al gobierno solicitar ayuda internacional, el gobernante anunció en cadena nacional de asignación de fondos para ayuda humanitaria, la rehabilitación de vias de comunicación y otras acciones. escuchemos un fragmento del anuncio. >>reportero: la cantidad de lluvias caídas en una semana ha saturado los suelos, ha hecho crecer en algunos casos los ríos de cursos de