Honorable Jim Ramstad
United States Representative, Minnesota, Republican
Representative Ramstad, of the Third District of Minnesota, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990. He serves on the Committee on Ways and Means, where he chairs the Oversight Subcommittee. The following is excerpted from the November 13, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 5602, extending permanent normal trade relations to Vietnam. I have long been an ardent supporter of trade expansionbecause the bottom line is jobs. Fully 95 percent of the world’s populationlives outside the United States,and the global economy is projected to grow at three times the rate of the U.S. economy.We must continue…
