I rise today to encourage my colleagues to pass the Dominican RepublicCentral American Free Trade Agreement. I have spoken here many times on the benefits of this bill and what it would bring to our Nation and to the State of Florida. but let us remember also the benefits of free trade flow both ways. Not only would expanded trade opportunities help American businesses. agricultural products. ranchers. and workers by removing expensive trade impediments and leveling the trade playing field. but also with improved conditions. we can look forward to a time when the threat of illegal narcotics. human smuggling. illegal immigration. and other criminal activities is no longer part of the fabric of life in Central America. Mexico. and our southern United States border. Such a development would contribute to the security of the United States and all of our partners in this hemisphere and would greatly benefit the people of Central America.
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