Honorable Rahm Emanuel
United States Representative, Illinois, Democrat
Representative Emanuel, of the Fifth District of Illinois, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. He is the chair of the Democratic Caucus. On January 20, 2009, he will become President Barack Obama’s chief of staff. The following is from the April 10, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 5724, the United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act. We are having a conversation here about trade andglobalization, and about how to make sure that, in fact, globalization is awin-win strategy for the American people. And we were talking about Colombia,but what we really are talking…
