mr. canseco: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to be able to cast my vote in support of the colombia free trade agreement. even though it's taken almost five years to get a vote on it, and i thank chairman camp, chairman dreier, and chairman brady for their leadership in this cause. the colombia free trade agreement is important for several reasons. first, it will create jobs here in the united states. the international trade mission has estimated this will increase -- commission has estimated this will increase exports by more than $1 billion. it will grow our nation's economy by over $2 billion and create thousands of new jobs here at home. in the case of the 23rd district of texas, the colombia free trade agreement is of particular importance as i have a great deal of agriculture in my district and more than half of current u.s. agriculture exports to colombia will become duty free immediately and almost all remaining tariffs gone after 15 years. . this common strait ours commitment to a steadfast ally in latin amer

mr. canseco. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is reck nighed for one minute. mr. canseco: madam speaker, i rise in strongupport of the south korea free trade agrea, the most significant free trade agreament the united states has negotiated in more than 16 years. i thank the leadership of our chairman, mr. camp, mr. brady, and mr. dreier in this regard. the international trade commission's analysis shows that the south korean agreement will increase u.s. exports to south korea by at least $9.7 billion annually. the tariff cuts alone will add $10.1 billion to the u.s. economy annually and u.s. exports to south korea will increase by 30% more than imports from south korea. the mick active resulting from this agreament will mean thousands of new jobs here at home. the commerce department has stipted thaevery $1 billion in exports crees 6,000 new jobs and in particular the south korean agreement is especially beneficial for agriculture. in the 23rd district of texas, have the privilege to represent many agricultural produresers. this would be a huge win f american farme

mr. canseco and mrs. biggert and mr. smith and mr. davis and mr. boustany and mr. herger and mr. reichert, mr. griffin, mr. dold, maybe ms. jenkins and maybe even angela he willered, for all i know, but -- angela ehlert, for all i know. mr. speaker, we are coming together in a bipartisan way, the president has just hours ago sent up these agreements so that again union and nonunion workers are going to have a chance to have more jobs created as we open up these markets. i wish all of my colleagues were going to participate in this, godspeed and thank you, thank you, thank you for coming together for the american people. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? >> address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection permission granted. ms. jackson lee: thank you. mr. speaker, all of us value constructive conversation and dialogue. in fact, i believe the republican debates that have been occurring are valuable and insightful for the american peo

mr. canseco: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to be able to cast my vote in support of the colombia free trade agreement. even though it's taken almost five years to get a vote on it, and i thank chairman camp, chairman dreier, and chairman brady for their leadership in this cause. the colombia free trade agreement is important for several reasons. first, it will create jobs here in the united states. the international trade mission has estimated this will increase -- commission has estimated this will increase exports by more than $1 billion. it will grow our nation's economy by over $2 billion and create thousands of new jobs here at home. in the case of the 23rd district of texas, the colombia free trade agreement is of particular importance as i have a great deal of agriculture in my district and more than half of current u.s. agriculture exports to colombia will become duty free immediately and almost all remaining tariffs gone after 15 years. . this common strait ours commitment to a steadfast ally in latin amer