which has jurisdiction on trade matters, to participate in the Congressional Oversight Group and would enlarge the group to 22 members. [HR 3009, Vote 125, 5/23/02] XXXX Voted to Require Anti-Terrorism Support From Trade Partners. In 2002, XXXX voted for an amendment that would add a provision to the list of requirements countries need to meet to be eligible for U.S. trade preferences that requires a country to take steps to support U.S. efforts to combat terrorism. The substitute amendment would extend duty-free status to certain products from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, renew the president's fast-track authority and reauthorize and expand a program to provide retraining and relocation assistance to U.S. workers hurt by trade agreements. It also would create a refundable 70 percent tax credit for health insurance costs for displaced workers. [HR 3009, Vote 120, 5/21/02] XXXX Voted Against Allowing Retaliation on Trading Partners Based On Labor And Environmental Standards. In 2002, XXXX voted against allowing retaliation against trading partners based on labor and environmental standards. The amendment XXXX voted to table would allow retaliation against a trading partner for exercising their right to set domestic standards for labor and the environment. [HR 3009, Vote 112, 5/15/02] XXXX Voted Against Giving Congress Powers To Delete Language From Trade Pacts Dealing With American Trade Laws. In 2002, XXXX voted for to table an amendment that would give Congress powers to delete language from trade pacts dealing with American trade laws. The White House said the amendment would cripple its ability to negotiate new international agreements. [HR 3009, Vote 110, 5/14/02] XXXX Supported Requiring Greater Transparency in NAFTA Dispute Settlement. In 2002, XXXX voted for an amendment to “require the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to renegotiate with Canada and Mexico that provision of Chapter 11 within 12 months of enactment of the trade bill” to make this part of NAFTA more transparent and open to public scrutiny. [HR 3009, Vote 101, 5/2/02; State Department, 05/02/02] XXXX Voted in Favor of Protecting North American Catfish From Vietnamese Imports. In 2001, XXXX voted to ensure that only North American catfish were allowed to be labeled as “catfish.” The amendment would have blocked an attempt to protect the domestic catfish industry from fish imported from Vietnam that are being sold as catfish. [S 1731, Vote 373, 12/18/01; Congressional Quarterly Daily Monitor, 12/18/01] XXXX Voted To Extend Normal Trade Relations To Vietnam. In 2001, XXXX voted to for the Vietnam Trade Bill. As reported and passed, the Vietnam Trade Bill approved the extension of normal trade relations (NTR; formerly called "most- favored-nation" or "MFN") status to the products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. [H J Res 51, Vote 291, 10/3/01] XXXX Voted For An Amendment To Require The Same Trucking Rules For Canadian And Mexican Drivers. In 2001, XXXX voted for an amendment that would add that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no provision of the Act could be implemented in a manner that treated Mexican nationals differently from Canadian nationals. [HR 2299, Vote 254, 7/27/01] XXXX Voted To Kill An Amendment To Ensure NAFTA Compliance On Mexican Truck Requirements. In 2001, XXXX voted against an amendment that would add that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, nothing in the Act would be applied in a manner that the President found to be in violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). [HR 2299, Vote 253, 7/27/01] XXXX Voted Against Textile Industry; to Expand Trade With Africa And The Caribbean. In 2000, XXXX voted for enacting the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act. The vote was on the conference report to accompany the Trade and Development Act of 1999. [Vote 98, 5/11/00] XXXX Voted to Expand Trade With Africa And The Caribbean. In 2000, XXXX voted to enact the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act. This was a cloture 287
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