Honorable Sherrod Brown
United States Senator, Ohio, Democrat
Senator Brown was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2006. He serves on the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The following is excerpted from an October 12, 2011, statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate during debate on H.R. 3080, the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. When I hear of these trade agreements coming forward, every President says this is going to create tens of thousands of jobs. North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA] was going to create 200,000 jobs, almost immediately, the first Bush Administration [President George H.W….
