http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071224/GJNEWS_01/348975791On NAFTA, she said it has contributed to illegal immigrants entering the United States because it's created "economic refugees."
"When NAFTA was passed in the mid-90s, we were told that it would mean economic activity and increased production, jobs, benefits, etc.," she said.
"(But) it opened the door for industries to leave and go to countries where they don't uphold workers' rights, they don't uphold environmental policies, they don't uphold human rights ... it goes down to the corruption within those trade agreements.
"We need to cancel NAFTA, withdraw from the (World Trade Organization), and have trade that is based on workers rights, human rights and environmental quality controls," she said.
Speaking to students about how she met Dennis, Elizabeth said she was working for the American Monetary Institute and saw him at a conference in 2005. It was instant love. She said the second time she saw him she knew she wanted to marry him.
"I hadn't even Googled him yet," she said.
Elizabeth, 30, who was born in England, worked her way through college as a nursing assistant, and has no loan debt.
"I didn't drink. I hardly socialized," she said.
One of the reasons she came to the U.S. was the experience of taking the final exam for her master's degree in international conflict analysis. It happened on Sept. 11, 2001. Her class went ahead with the exam — one of the essays she wrote about was on terrorism. She ended up getting a "first," the equivalent of an "A."
Freshman Andrew Middleton, who sat in a chair right next to Elizabeth's side for the discussion, said he was a little disappointed that the Ohio Congressman couldn't make it to UNH.
"But this is a marvelous substitute," he said. "I am just as enamored with her speech as I am with Dennis' (speeches)."
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