Political Quotes

“I want to say a few words about the nature of this legislation. I want to start off by saluting the bipartisanship in this House. I want to salute the work of our staffs, working with USTR. I would like also--and I think others would join me--in saluting Presidents Clinton and Bush, who have devoted their energy and their time to the needs of the people of Haiti, expressing on behalf of all of us that there is a mutuality in terms of the response to the horrible, horrible events in the earthquake. I also want to salute industry and the labor movement. We have tried in these last months with our leadership to begin to craft a new trade policy--a trade policy that takes into account the needs of this country to try to make sure that trade is two-way; to try to make sure that it is mutually beneficial; and to be very sensitive to the impact of trade agreements on American industry and American workers. We very much took that into account as we designed this legislation--and it succeeded. It has that mutuality.”