Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"We are pushing for conditions to make Vietnam a trusted party and deserving party of the TPP and that means that they must truly respect human rights."

"I don't want to see TPP be achieved at the expense of human rights."

"We should be really holding their feet to the fire and letting them demonstrate not after they become part of the TPP, but before they do that."

"I opposed granting TPA for a number of reasons but the one major reason is, and I did it in part because I really also want to protect American workers..."