"There is no denying the fact that Vietnam is an oppressive one-party state that has no respect for the rights of its own citizens."
"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..."
"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."
"The bill that we are discussing today needs more work in order to accomplish these positive goals."
"I hope we can work together to craft legislation that can help to site pipelines on public lands in a more thoughtful way."
"This bill as written overturns the longstanding requirement for congressional approval of natural gas pipelines through national parks."
"I think we could have a productive, bipartisan conversation about building natural gas pipelines when they are thoughtfully sited."
"I think we can have productive bipartisan conversation about building natural gas pipelines when they are thoughtfully sited."
"I think that, what I am hearing today, there is a lot of common ground."
"I left with tremendous misgivings about why we are rewarding a country that engages in such bad behavior as human rights and the lack of labor protections."
"I hope this hearing is not intended to undermine and mischaracterize the National Environmental Policy Act, which remains one of our Nation's bedrock environmental laws."