Political Quotes

“Madam President, before the senior Democrat, the ranking member of the Finance Committee, leaves the floor and before the Senator, my colleague from Ohio, leaves the floor, I want to thank them both. We would not be here on this day without them and without their leadership--both of them. When Sherrod Brown says that he has never met a trade agreement he wanted to even think about supporting--thank you for making this one that virtually all of us can support. My highest regards. United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement Madam President, I have a speech here that starts off with ``Mr. President'' over and over again, but I am going to say ``Madam President.'' I rise today to discuss the new treaty to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, affectionately known as NAFTA. Last week, those of us who serve on the Finance Committee had an opportunity to evaluate the new NAFTA. In fact, about a half dozen or so committees have been given different jurisdictions to do that, with respect to this trade agreement. As you know, trade deals are often dense agreements that have hundreds of provisions relating to any number of issues. Ultimately, trade agreements and trade legislation move through the Senate Finance Committee. We just heard from two of our senior members.…”