Honorable Jim McDermott
United States Representative, Washington, Democrat
Representative McDermott, of the Seventh District of Washington, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1988. He serves on the Committee on Ways and Means and its Subcommittee on Trade. The following is excerpted from an October 12, 2011, statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives during debate on H.R. 3080, the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. We should all be proud of Korea. We created Korea. Our troops went to Korea at the beginning of the Korean War and saved South Korea from becoming North Korea. That’s how the Koreans…
