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Excerpt from Environmental Implications of Nafta: Hearing Before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session on the Environmental Impact That the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) Would Have on the United States
Let me make a couple of initial procedural observations, if I may. Because of the time constraints both on Members of the House with votes undoubtedly going to interrupt us and because of the need to conclude this hearing by and because of time con straints on our witnesses, one of whom must leave at I am going to ask of the members to dispense with opening statements, much in the spirit with which we dispensed with one-minutes on the Floor today. Otherwise we will not have a prayer to get into the substance.
I apologize to members but I think that is essential. I will dis pense even with my written opening statement.
Let me say to Secretary Babbitt, Administrator Browner and Ambassador Kantor, as you know, we are getting down to the last minute on probably one of the most important and certainly one of the most difficult votes that any of us will be asked to cast here in many years. I think it is safe to say that it is difficult not only because the substance and the merits are subject to honest debate and difference, but because the politics are unusually difficult.
I don't think there is anybody in this room, regardless of party or philosophy, who does not have, not only political allies, but close personal friends on both sides of this issue.
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