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John Spratt believes that every American deserves a good job and the chance to earn his own way. He has been on the front-lines of the fight to protect American workers against cheap-wage imports. He voted against the treaty that ends quotas on textile imports, against most favored nation treatment of China and admission to the WTO, and against the Caribbean Basin Trade Agreement, the Andean Free Trade Agreement, the Africa Free Trade Agreement, and the Central American Free Trade Agreement. He has authored laws to curb illegal imports, open foreign markets, and make the Pentagon “Buy American.”
John Spratt believes one of the keys to a strong economy is a balanced budget, and putting the budget back in balance is Job 1. John led the fight for the first balanced budget in thirty years. He was one of four in Congress who hammered out the Balanced Budget Agreement of 1997, and put the budget in the black for the first time since 1969. President Clinton and Speaker Gingrich both saluted him, saying the Budget Agreement "would not have been possible without him."
John Spratt has introduced budgets that puts the deficit back on a fiscally sustainable path, while making strategic investments to rebuild the economy.
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