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For 32 consecutive months the national unemployment rate has been at or above 8 percent. Today, it stands at 9.1 percent. Nearly 14 million Americans continue to look for jobs as average family incomes are dropping and the poverty rate is rising. Maintaining the status quo is unacceptable.
After nearly five years of delay and political gamesmanship the trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea finally passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support. It was a pivotal moment for America’s economy.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today voted in support of the trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea as all three agreements passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support.