We look forward to working with this committee and others in Congress to determine the best way to achieve that goal.

I hope you will carry that message back that this is a matter of grave concern to some members of Congress...

If you are going to have any hope of gaining support for this agenda from many of us on this side of the aisle, not all, the administration needs to prove to us and to the world that we are going to start fighting back.

My number-one concern is, in TPP, that TPA has very strong negotiating objectives as it relates to good governance, as it relates to anti-corruption issues.

If we sit on the sidelines, we will be faced with a race to the bottom in global trade, not a race to the top.

I for one, as China continues to manipulate currency, over the years throwing millions of American workers out of jobs unfairly, do not want to go forward with another trade agreement if we are not going to finally address this issue.

People have the right to know what's at stake in negotiations before they wrap up.

Simply put, trade means jobs.

The time for TPA is now.

That leadership is apparent in our work during the last year to advance the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP.

We need concrete, predictable and unilaterally--that is a whole new world--unilaterally enforceable mechanisms in place to show the world that we are going to protect our workers and our economy.

It is critically important, if we are going to see change in Vietnam and Malaysia and Brunei and other countries that do not have that record, that we use this opportunity to achieve those objectives.

We have to both get more exports out there, but also do a better job of making sure that imports are being fairly traded.

I am disappointed to hear your response to Senator Grassley that that will not be part of the TPP negotiations.

Twenty-five percent, a quarter of manufacturing jobs in Ohio, factory jobs, are now export jobs.

Yet, a number of the countries we are negotiating with basically offer zero protection to intellectual property rights in their countries.

International trade benefits U.S. importers and domestic manufactures alike, creates new jobs, lower consumer prices and open new markets to U.S. exports.

I'm eager to find ways for this committee to work on a bipartisan basis with the administration to accomplish those goals.