Honorable Roy Blunt
United States Congressman, Missouri, Republican
Representative Blunt, of the Seventh District of Missouri, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He is the House Republican Whip. The following is from the April 10, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 5724, the United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act. I, too, vigorously oppose this rule. It seemsto me the House today is doing two things that this Congress has done toooften. One is, if you don’t like the rules, you change the rules; and two is,we continue to take actions that reduce confidence in dealing with the UnitedStates. When you change…
