TAA does not seem to apply in these three instances.
These three agreements are going to produce jobs in this country, and they are going to produce wealth in this country.
I think you would agree with that.
I am going to do everything I can to get them passed.
What I am having trouble with is stopping these three trade agreements when you know that it is not going to pass.
We are going to lose a heck of a lot of jobs if these agreements do not go through.
should be a subject of examination and restraint of growth and cuts if necessary, just like everything else has to be?
I do not see anybody going to be hurt. I think we only benefit from these trade agreements.
If we do not act, other nations will take these markets away from us.
all programs and all spending, it seems to me, have to be examined carefully to protect the taxpayers.
we have a spending problem, although we may disagree on the solution.
the deficit and our Nation's debt pose a fundamental risk to American prosperity and our future.
Failure to submit these agreements is tantamount to a failure in leadership.
Today is the last of three hearings on our pending trade agreements.
The American people and our allies, I do not think they can wait any longer.
Don't you think we could benefit from moving toward a simpler tax code?
I wonder whether we could not benefit from an effort to simplify our tax system.
And the entire time the clock is ticking.
