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Griffin Pleased President Sent Long-Awaited Export Agreements to Congress

Statement

Date: Oct. 3, 2011
Location: Wellesley, MA
Issues: Trade

Congressman Tim Griffin (AR-02) issued the following statement regarding the President's decision to submit the three pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea to Congress for consideration:

"Over 320,000 Arkansas jobs depend on exports, and now that the President has finally sent the three pending export agreements to Congress, we can pass them and help American companies compete and create jobs. I am confident that Congress will act to approve these important jobs bills quickly."


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