Political Quotes

“I am prepared to close. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let us be clear: The bill we are considering right now has nothing to do with outsourcing. This is a political talking point, not a piece of legislation. It will not bring jobs back to the United States. The bill is simply designed to create more opportunities for corporate activists and the trial bar to name and shame companies. What does this do for the American people? Nothing. In contrast, the Republican Tax Cut and Jobs Act has brought more jobs and greater payback to the United States. Mr. Chair, our unemployment rate is at a 50-year low, so all this economic gloom about outsourcing, we have been talking about insourcing, bringing jobs back to the United States from overseas. We have a President who has an aggressive trade agenda to make sure that we have more jobs here in the United States instead of outsourcing jobs through bad trade deals that we agree in a bipartisan way. Bad trade deals have cost us jobs over the years, led by both Republican and Democratic Presidents, unfortunately. So there is bipartisan support here for better trade legislation, better trading relationships. Let's focus on that. The labor force participation rate is way up and continues to rise. More people in the United States are entering the workforce than leaving the workforce. The American people are reaping the benefits of a strong economy.…”