Political Quotes

“tonight I come here to this House, along with my colleague, the gentlewoman from Connecticut, to talk about an issue that we believe is so critical to the future of this country; that is, trade. In the end, though, trade is not really about statistics. It is not really about numbers. It is not, in a sense, even about jobs. It is about the opportunities for jobs. It is about the opportunities that American consumers have to make choices. It is about getting lower prices for goods and better quality, of having competition. Yes, it is about American leadership. It is about our place in the world. It is whether the United States is going to lead on trade or whether we are going to follow on trade. The fact of the matter is there are very few countries in the world that benefit as much from trade as the United States of America does. I would just like to begin with this one chart, which shows how American businesses and American workers have benefited by the fact that U.S. exports have increased more than 3,000 percent in the last 35 years.”