On the recordJune 12, 2015
The proponents of this bill have not played it straight as far as legislative procedure. They took a Senate bill that should be a ``yes'' or ``no'' vote on this floor and split it up into two or three pieces. It is one package. If you are against fast track, vote ``no'' on TAA. It is not the opponents who came up with this crazy procedure. If they had played it straight, we could play it straight. But now we are in a position to use the legislative tactics afforded by this House, pursuant to a rule that is complicated beyond belief, to sink this whole package by voting ``no'' on TAA. Vote ``no'' on Trade Adjustment Assistance because, if that happens, Republican leadership has said we go home. What is the good of having a little bit of trade adjustment assistance if we lose millions of jobs because we put them on a fast track to Asia? Take Nancy Reagan seriously; when it comes to all three votes today, just vote ``no.''
