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 en. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, D-S. C., a World War II veteran with 55 years of public service in political office to his credit, announced on Aug. 4 he will end next year the Senate career he began in 1966.
On July 31, when the Senate engaged in final debate of free-trade treaties with Singapore and Chile, Sen. Hollings held forth for an hour. With energy, conviction and scathing plain-spokenness, Hollings revealed U.S. free-trade and globalization policies as the ruinous folly they are.
The trade agreements under con- sideration were subject to fast-track rules, meaning they were presented to Congress by the Bush administration on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, with no
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amendments allowed. Some senators of both parties, Hollings among them, found this particularly onerous because the administration had included "features" in the bills that even supporters of free trade with Chile and Singapore considered unwise and inappropriate. These involved immigration policy and accommodation for transshipments. Nonetheless, both bills, which had already passed in the House, were passed by the Senate.
Excerpts from Sen. Hollings' remarks as recorded in the Congressional Record follow.
Mr. Hollings: I notice my distinguished ranking member. He put out a complaint to the WTO on agriculture.
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